Iñaki Williams

Iñaki Williams might just be the most fascinating player in European football right now, and I genuinely mean that. Born in Bilbao to Ghanaian parents, he grew up qualifying for Athletic Club's notoriously strict Basque-only eligibility policy — a rare exception that says everything about how this city claimed him as its own. The guy put together 251 consecutive La Liga appearances, which is an outright record, and doing that as a forward who plays with full-throttle physicality makes it even more absurd — forwards get hurt, yet he just kept showing up. When he switched international allegiance to Ghana in 2022, it felt like a meaningful choice, not a convenience move, and watching him light up the AFCON stage was a different kind of thrill. Speed, power, that relentless engine — he's the kind of player who makes a game feel urgent the moment he touches the ball.

Name (English)

Iñaki Williams

Name (Japanese)

イニャキ・ウィリアムズ

Reading

いにゃき・うぃりあむず

Born

June 15, 1994 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dog

Origin

Bilbao, Biscay, Spain

Height

2 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/williaaaams11/
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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA

Tags

• Biscay
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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