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My Take
Owain Fôn Williams fascinates me because he refuses to be only one thing. A 193 cm Welsh goalkeeper who logged 271 English Football League appearances, 161 of them at Tranmere Rovers, he is also a working artist with brush in hand. That dual identity, athlete and painter, says a lot about a restless, expressive mind. Now leading goalkeeping at Bolton Wanderers, he has gracefully turned from stopping shots to shaping the next keepers. I find that transition deeply admirable. The man who guarded the net for years now guards a craft, passing it forward. Quiet, durable, and genuinely creative, he earns my respect.
Overview
Owain Fôn Williams (born 17 March 1987) is a Welsh professional football coach and former professional footballer who is the head of goalkeeping for EFL League One side Bolton Wanderers. Williams played as a goalkeeper making 271 appearances in the English Football League, including 161 for Tranmere Rovers, also representing Crewe Alexandra, Stockport County, Bury, and Rochdale.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Owain Fôn Williams
- Name (Japanese)
- オウェイン・フォン・ウィリアムズ
- Reading
- おうぇいん・ふぉん・うぃりあむず
- Born
- March 17, 1987 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rabbit
- Origin
- Penygroes, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 193 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / artist / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Artist — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.