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{{Short description|Australian association football (soccer) coach and former player}}
{{About|the Australian association football (soccer) coach and former player|Nicola Williams, the barrister|Nicola Williams (barrister)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nicola Williams
| image = Nicola Williams Manager.jpg
| upright = 1.2
| fullname = Nicola Jane Williams
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|6|4}}
| birth_place = [[Lancaster, England|Lancaster]], England
| height =
| position =
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1994–1996
| clubs1 = Sorrento Women's Soccer Club
| caps1 = 44
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 1997–2016
| clubs2 = Northern Redbacks (Stirling Reds)
| caps2 = 354
| goals2 = 132
| years3 = 2000–2010
| clubs3 = Western Australia State Womens Team
| caps3 = 114
| goals3 = 24
| manageryears1 = 2003–2017
| managerclubs1 = Lynwood Senior High
| manageryears2 = 2007–2008, 2010
| managerclubs2 = WA U17 Girls
| manageryears3 = 2010–2012
| managerclubs3 = WA U19 State School Girls
| manageryears4 = 2007–2009
| managerclubs4 = [[Football West]] National Training Centre U19
| manageryears5 = 2008–2009
| managerclubs5 = [[Perth Glory FC W-League|Perth Glory Women]]
| manageryears6 = 2010
| managerclubs6 = Australia U14 Women (Assistant) & Australia U13 Women (Manager)
| manageryears7 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs7 = Australia U17 Women (Assistant)
| manageryears8 = 2010–2014
| managerclubs8 = [[Australia U20 Women]] (Assistant)
| manageryears9 = 2013
| managerclubs9 = [[Juventus Academy]] Roma
| manageryears10 = 2014
| managerclubs10 = Female Football Academy
| manageryears11 = 2017
| managerclubs11 = Trinidad & Tobago U-20 Women (Coach) & T&T Women (Assistant)
| manageryears12 = 2018-19
| managerclubs12 = AC Milan Women's Team (Assistant)
| manageryears13 = 2020-21
| managerclubs13 = SS Lazio Women's Team (Assistant)
| manageryears14 = 2022
| managerclubs14 = [[Leicester City Women]] (Assistant)
| manageryears15 = 2023
| managerclubs15 = [[Papua New Guinea Women]] (Assistant)
| manageryears16 = 2023
| managerclubs16 = [[London City Lionesses]]
}}

'''Nicola Jane Williams''' (born 4 June 1982) is an Australian association [[Association football|football (soccer)]] coach and former player. Nicola Williams holds an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and [[Football Australia]] "PRO" Coaching Licence accreditation and [[UEFA]] A Licence from Coverciano in Italy.

==Career==
Prior to the commencement of the Australian W-League, Williams played for the State School girls, WA State Women's Team and the [[Western Waves FC|Western Waves]] in the Australian [[Women's National Soccer League]] until 2005. She captained National Premier League team Northern Redbacks.

==Coaching career==
Nicola Williams received an inaugural Elite Coaching Scholarship from FFA (now Football Australia) and presented her report at the 2010 FFA National Coaching Conference. She spent time studying training and coaching sessions by [[Pia Sundhage]], at the [[United States women's national soccer team]] Camp and [[Emma Hayes]], former coach of the [[Chicago Red Stars]] and currently with [[Chelsea F.C. Women]].

At the 2012 Women's U20 World Cup in Japan, Williams was invited to an Elite Coaches Workshop and met [[Carolina Morace]], FIFA Instructor and Ambassador and former coach of the Canadian and Italian Women's National Teams. The pair began working together at Juventus Academy Roma, Female Football Academy and Pro Soccer Coaching<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.femalefootballacademy.com.au/ |title=Perths 1st Female Specific Academy | Female Football Academy |access-date=14 July 2022 |archive-date=2 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102002259/http://www.femalefootballacademy.com.au/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==2008-09 season==
Williams began her coaching career as the head coach of [[Australia|Australian]] [[W-League (Australia)|W-League]] team [[Perth Glory FC W-League|Perth Glory]] in their 2008–2009 inaugural season,<ref>https://www.w-league.com.au/news/nicola-williams-named-glory-w-league-coach Nicola Williams named Glory W-League Coach</ref> who improved to be a top 4 performing side in the second half of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=27162|title=Oxtoby the most Glorious|access-date=28 April 2010|archive-date=4 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304101014/http://perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=27162|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==National teams==
Williams spent more than 6 years with the Australia Women's National Football Team; assistant coach of the National Young Matildas U20 team<ref>https://thewomensgame.com/news/young-matildas-jet-to-vietnam-482436 Young Matildas Jet to Vietnam</ref> for 4 years following her roles as the head coach of the Australian Girls U13 team in 2010 and assistant U17 Women's National Team coach in 2012.<ref>https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/young-matildas-chosen Young Matildas Chosen</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.matildas.com.au/news/young-matildas-name-training-squad-0|title=Young Matildas name training squad|date=16 September 2011|website=Matildas}}</ref> winning Silver in the 2013 Asean Football Conference.

In 2017 Williams was appointed Trinidad and Tobago Women's National Team assistant coach and U20 head coach.<ref>http://ttfootball.org/2017/01/17/horace-arrives-to-begin-duties-as-womens-head-coach/ Morace & Williams arrive</ref>

In 2022/2023 Williams joined the Papua New Guinea Women's National Team to help them qualify for the FIFA WWC.

==2018-19 season==
Williams signs as assistant with the inaugural AC Milan women's team in the Italian Serie A.<ref>https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/media/2018-06-22/welcome-carolina-morace AC Milan Welcomes Carolina Morace</ref> After leading the first round table and defeating Juventus 3-0 the team finish 3rd in their first season.

==2021-22 season==
In February 2021 Morace & Williams sign with S.S Lazio, winning the league and gaining promotion for the women's team from Serie B to Serie A in 2022 for the first time in their history.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com.au/football/lazio/story/4305129/lazio-women-appoint-morace-as-manager-with-wife-williams-as-assistant | title=Married couple take over as coaches at Lazio | date=2 February 2021 }}</ref>

==2022-23 season==
In July 2022 Williams was appointed assistant manager at Leicester City Women who participate in the English Women's Super League.

== 2023-24 season ==
In June 2023 Williams was appointed Assistant Manager at London City Lionesses,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frith |first=Wilf |date=2023-06-24 |title=London City Lionesses appoint Nicola Williams assistant coach - SheKicks |url=https://shekicks.net/london-city-lionesses-appoint-nicola-williams-assistant-coach/,%20https://shekicks.net/london-city-lionesses-appoint-nicola-williams-assistant-coach/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Later in July 2023 she was joined by Morace who was appointed club manager<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-04 |title=Italian legend Morace appointed head coach of London City Lionesses |url=https://fawslfulltime.co.uk/2023/07/04/italian-legend-morace-appointed-head-coach-of-london-city-lionesses/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=FAWSL Full-Time |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Born in England she moved to Australia at a young age and found her love for sports representing her state in Tennis, Volleyball, Hockey and Football (soccer). At the age of only 16, Williams began her studies in Sports Science at the University of Western Australia as a scholarship recipient. Deciding to follow her families footsteps, she completed a Graduate Diploma in Education to become a Teacher. Williams was awarded a National Excellence in Teaching Award in 2006 and Level 3 Status in 2012.

On 11 October 2020, it was revealed Williams married Italian footballer [[Carolina Morace]], with whom she celebrated the wedding twice—first in [[Bristol]], on the [[SS Great Britain|SS ''Great Britain'']] in July 2014, and the second in Australia in May 2019.<ref name=out>{{Cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/sport/20_ottobre_11/carolina-morace-fa-coming-out-amo-donna-nicola-jane-calcio-c-troppa-omofobia-ff3cd73e-0b7e-11eb-8551-988fe333186d.shtml|title=Carolina Morace fa coming out: "Amo una donna, nel calcio troppa omofobia"|publisher=Corriere della Sera|date=2020-10-11|language=it}}</ref>

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[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Lancaster, Lancashire]]
[[Category:Australian women's soccer players]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Australian soccer managers]]
[[Category:English emigrants to Australia]]
[[Category:Australian people of English descent]]
[[Category:Perth Glory FC]]
[[Category:Women's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Australian lesbian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Australian LGBTQ soccer players]]
[[Category:Australian expatriate sportspeople in England]]

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