Chris Williams is an Australian former soccer manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1986 (age 37–38) | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2010–11 | Tonga U-17 | ||
| 2011 | Tonga | ||
He was appointed by the Tonga Football Federation in November 2010.[1]
Williams was appointed as U17 coach for the nation and his team lost all four of their games, conceded 46 goals in the process at the 2011 OFC U-17 Championship which included a 17-0 loss to New Caledonia.[2] Prior to the competition Williams had written that the Tonga Football Federation had forgotten to withdraw from the competition and rather than be fined $NZ 50,000 by the OFC, they allowed Williams to take a team to the tournament.[3]
He was also put in of the Tonga national football team during their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign in 2011. In November 2011, his Tonga team became the first team in international football to lose to American Samoa,[4] Tonga finished second in a group of four with four points.
References
edit- ^ "New Development Officer joins TFA". TongaFootball.to. 11 November 2010. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Tonga U17 vs New Caledonia U17 Match Report" (PDF). OceaniaFootball.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "My Job". blogspot.com. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "American Samoa - Tonga". FIFA.com. 22 November 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014.