Thomas Williams (soccer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Ivory Williams III[1] | ||
| Date of birth | August 15, 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Titusville, Florida, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nashville SC | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2021 | Orlando City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Orlando City B | 13 | (0) |
| 2021–2025 | Orlando City | 5 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | → Orlando City B (loan) | 78 | (0) |
| 2026– | Nashville SC | 0 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Huntsville City FC (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | United States U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | United States U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023 | United States U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | United States U23 | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:39, March 16, 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of November 4, 2023 | |||
Thomas Ivory Williams III (born August 15, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Nashville SC.
Williams is a product of the Orlando City academy, and has represented the United States at a youth level at the U17, U19, U20, and U23 levels.
Orlando City
As a member of the Orlando City academy since 2015, Williams played 84 games and scored eight goals across multiple age groups in four seasons with the team.[3]
In March 2020, Williams signed an academy contract with Orlando City B, Orlando City's USL League One affiliate, ahead of the 2020 season.[4] He made his debut on August 7, 2020, playing the full 90 minutes during a 2–0 win over New England Revolution II.[5]
Having spent the first part of the 2021 season with the club's under-17 academy team, Williams was signed to an MLS homegrown contract by Orlando City on June 15, 2021, guaranteed through 2024, with a club option in 2025. Aged 16 years, 304 days, he became the club's youngest first-team signing, surpassing the record set by Tommy Redding in 2014. Williams had trained with the first-team during the previous two preseason camps.[6]
On January 22, 2025, it was announced that Williams had signed new contract with the club through 2026, with a club option for 2027.[7] On April 19, Williams made his first appearance for the senior team since the 2022 season when he came on as an 80th-minute substitute for Luis Muriel in a goalless draw with CF Montréal.[8][9] The appearance would ultimately be Williams' only appearance for the senior team that season.[10]
Nashville SC
Williams was acquired by Nashville SC on December 8, 2025, on a one-year contract with club options for two more years, in exchange for the team's natural first round pick in the 2026 MLS SuperDraft and up to $100K in general allocation money.[11] Williams made his Nashville SC and CONCACAF Champions Cup debut on February 17, 2026, in a 2–0 win over Atlético Ottawa.[12]
