Romario Williams


Romario Garfield Williams is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays for Miami FC in the USL Championship. He is named after the legendary Brazilian footballer, Romário.

Club career

Youth

Williams graduated from Kingston College in Jamaica and then attended university in Orlando. He played college soccer at the University of Central Florida. With the UCF Knights men's soccer program, Williams recorded 18 goals and five assists in 51 games, 46 as starter. He was a unanimous selection to the American Athletic Conference all-conference first team in 2014. He was also the 2013 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

Professional

Williams was selected by Montreal Impact third overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft on 15 January 2015. He made his professional debut on 28 March 2015 in a 2–2 draw against Orlando City SC.
On 11 December 2016 Atlanta United FC acquired Williams from the Impact in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. On 7 April 2018, he scored his first career MLS goal in a 5–0 rout of Los Angeles FC.
On 1 July 2019, Williams was traded to Columbus Crew SC in exchange for $100,000 of General Allocation Money.

International career

Williams has represented the U-17 level of the Jamaican national team, playing in three games at the 2011 U17 FIFA World Cup. He had previously started four of five games at the CONCACAF qualifiers. Romario also played the Jamaica U-23 national team in March 2015. Williams made his Jamaica senior national team debut in a 1–0 Caribbean Cup qualify win over Suriname on 13 November 2016.

Personal

He was named after Romário, Brazilian football legend who won the 1994 FIFA World Cup a month before he was born.
In February 2018 Williams received a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.

Career statistics

Club

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 July 2017Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States1–02–02017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2.20 July 2017University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, United States2–02–12017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honors

;Jamaica
;Atlanta United