Ronwen Williams

Club career Early career Williams spent part of his youth career with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.

SuperSport United Williams joined SuperSport United as a youth player in 2004. He made his debut in the CAF Champions League in January 2012 against Matlama FC, and in the PSL four months later against Free State Stars. He kept clean sheets in both games.

Mamelodi Sundowns On 21 July 2022, Williams signed with Mamelodi Sundowns after a 12-year career at SuperSport United. He made his debut in the 2022–23 opener against Cape Town City FC where he made a string of great saves and kept a clean sheet. He won the African Football League with Mamelodi Sundowns in 2023 where he made two important penalties saves one against Al Ahly and the other one against CA Petróleos Luanda.

On 17 June 2025, Williams became the first player penalized under FIFA's new eight-second ball possession rule when he held onto the ball for 14 seconds. The rule was enforced for the first time during the FIFA Club World Cup match against South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai.

International career Williams made his first appearance for South Africa on 5 March 2014, in a friendly against Brazil, due to a sprained ankle suffered by the first-choice keeper, Itumeleng Khune.

In August 2021, the new South Africa coach Hugo Broos named Williams as the new Bafana Bafana captain, taking the armband from Thulani Hlatshwayo who failed to make the squad.

On 3 February 2024, in South Africa's 2023 AFCON quarter-final match against Cape Verde, the game was drawn at 0–0 after extra time. Williams saved 4 penalties in the penalty shootout, taking Bafana Bafana through to an AFCON semi-final for the first time since 2000. Although South Africa lost to Nigeria in the semi-finals in another penalty shootout, Williams went ahead to win the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament.

On 28 May 2026, he was selected by manager Hugo Broos to represent his nation at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics International

Honours Supersport United Nedbank Cup: 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17 MTN 8: 2017, 2019 Telkom Knockout: 2014

Mamelodi Sundowns South African Premier Division: 2022–23, 2023–24 Africa Football League: 2023 CAF Champions League: 2025–26

South Africa Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2023

Individual PSL Footballer of the Season: 2023–24 Africa Cup of Nations Best Goalkeeper: 2023 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2023 African Football League Best Goalkeeper: 2023 African Goalkeeper of the Year: 2024 African Inter-Club Player of the Year: 2024