Eric Williams

Eric Williams is an English football manager.

Coaching career Starting his coaching career in Western Australia to augment his income, he managed North Perth Croatia, Spearwood Dalmatinac and Floreat Athena. Between 1994 and 1997 he led the Western Australia State Team to historic victories over English clubs West Ham United and Nottingham Forest. He then coached at Stirling Lions and Swan I.C. before moving to Indonesia.

Williams was commissioned to fill in the vacancy left by previous Melaka United coach Mat Zan Mat Aris in November 2016 and won his first game 1–0 over PKNS FC.

Other

Just after moving to Indonesia in 2002, he developed a national under-17s youth program.

He is helping the Rhys Williams Foundation which supports children in Indonesia to play football. who were born in Australia and are all professional footballers. Williams offered his eldest son Rhys (who plays for Middlesbrough FC in the Premier League) a contract in the Malaysian Super League but it was promptly declined by Perth Glory. Incidentally, he is adept at speaking Bahasa Melayu, the Malaysian language.

Achievements

Myanmar National League(1): 2011 MFF Cup(1): 2011