Date of birth 1986 (age 29–30) Name Chris Williams | Years Team Place of birth Sydney, Australia Role Soccer manager | |
Team coached Tonga national football team (Manager, since 2011) | ||
Chris Williams is an Australian former soccer manager.
He was appointed by the Tonga Football Federation in November 2010.
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. 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.
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, Tonga finished second in a group of four with four points.