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Marc Lloyd-Williams is a retired Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

footballer. He is the Welsh Premier League's all-time top scorer, with over 300 goals.

Lloyd-Williams was born in Bangor

Bangor, Gwynedd

Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...

, and brought up in Llanberis

Llanberis

Llanberis is a village in Gwynedd, North Wales, lying on the southern banks of Llyn Padarn in Snowdonia. It takes its name from Saint Peris, an early Welsh saint.According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, the population of Llanberis was 1,954...

. He has played for a number of clubs including recently Bangor City

Bangor City F.C.

Bangor City Football Club are a semi-professional Welsh football club from the City of Bangor. The club compete in the Welsh Premier League, being ever present since the league was founded in 1992....

(5 spells), TNS

The New Saints F.C.

The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club , also known as The New Saints or simply TNS is a full-time-professional British football club representing Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain in Powys, Wales and Oswestry in Shropshire, England . They play in the Welsh Premier League...

, Stockport County

Stockport County F.C.

Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...

, York City

York City F.C.

York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions...

, Aberystwyth Town

Aberystwyth Town F.C.

Aberystwyth Town F.C. is a football team, playing in the Welsh Premier League.The club was founded in 1884, and plays at Park Avenue, Aberystwyth, where their ground accommodates 5,000 spectators with 1,002 of that capacity seated....

, Halifax Town

Halifax Town A.F.C.

Halifax Town Association Football Club were an English football team who most recently played in the Conference National, although prior to that they participated in the Football League for over eighty years...

, Southport

Southport F.C.

Southport Football Club are an English football club, based in Southport, Merseyside. They are currently in the Conference National, and play their home matches at Haig Avenue, which has a capacity of 6,008...

, Altrincham

Altrincham F.C.

Altrincham Football Club is an English association football club from Altrincham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Conference North, having been relegated from the Conference National at the end of the 2010–11 season.-History:...

, Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay F.C.

Colwyn Bay F.C. are a Welsh football club, as of the 2011–12 season are playing in the Conference North. Nicknamed the Seagulls, the club play at Llanelian Road in Old Colwyn.-History:...

, Porthmadog

Porthmadog F.C.

Porthmadog Football Club is a football team, playing in the Cymru Alliance.The club was founded in 1884 and plays at Y Traeth, Porthmadog, which accommodates 2,000 spectators .- History :...

(2 spells), Newtown

Newtown F.C.

Newtown Association Football Club is a Welsh football club who currently play in the Welsh Premier League, with a reserve team currently playing in the Mid Wales Football League....

(2 spells) and Rhyl

Rhyl F.C.

Rhyl Football Club is a Welsh football club, playing in the Cymru Alliance.The club was founded in 1882 and the team plays its home matches at Belle Vue, Rhyl, which can accommodate 3,000 spectators.- History :Few clubs in the Welsh Premier League have as distinguished a past as Rhyl's...

.

Other honours include Wales B international appearances. Welsh Premier championship medal (twice), Welsh Cup winner's medal (twice), Welsh Premier Golden Boot award (twice)

Lloyd-Williams would have won the European Golden Boot

European Golden Boot

The European Golden Shoe, formerly known as the European Golden Boot, is an association football award presented each season to the leading goalscorer in league matches from the top division of every European national league...

after scoring 47 goals in the 2001–02 season, but didn't as the Welsh Premier League has a lower co-efficient than some of Europe's bigger leagues. He joined Southport

Southport F.C.

in July 2002. He then returned to Bangor in February 2003. Lloyd-Williams then joined Aberystwyth Town

Aberystwyth Town F.C.

in June 2003, and probably enjoyed one of the best spells of his career, playing attractive football and scoring freely.

Lloyd-Williams returned to Bangor City

Bangor City F.C.

in July 2006.
Lloyd-Williams left Bangor City

Bangor City F.C.

in 2007 to join Rhyl FC, where he made 20 appearances scoring 16 goals, he then joined Newtown where he made 11 appearances scoring 5 goals. He returned to his roots rejoining Porthmadog

Porthmadog F.C.

Porthmadog Football Club is a football team, playing in the Cymru Alliance.The club was founded in 1884 and plays at Y Traeth, Porthmadog, which accommodates 2,000 spectators .- History :...

for the start of the 2008–09 season.
In October 2010 he signed for again for Newtown.

He is currently the all-time top scorer in the League of Wales

League of Wales

The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales. It has both Professional and Semi-Professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 2002, the league was known as the League of Wales, but changed its name as part of a sponsorship deal...

, with 318 goals in 467 appearances.
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|1992–92||rowspan="2"|Porthmadog

Porthmadog F.C.

Porthmadog Football Club is a football team, playing in the Cymru Alliance.The club was founded in 1884 and plays at Y Traeth, Porthmadog, which accommodates 2,000 spectators .- History :...

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|1994–95||rowspan="1"|Bangor City

Bangor City F.C.

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|1995–94||rowspan="1"|Stockport County

Stockport County F.C.

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Football League Second Division

From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

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|1995–96||rowspan="1"|Altrincham

Altrincham F.C.

||rowspan="1"|Football Conference

Football Conference

The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...

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|1995–96||rowspan="1"|Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay F.C.

Colwyn Bay F.C. are a Welsh football club, as of the 2011–12 season are playing in the Conference North. Nicknamed the Seagulls, the club play at Llanelian Road in Old Colwyn.-History:...

||rowspan="1"|Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League

The Northern Premier League, is one of the regional English football leagues which sits directly below the Football Conference featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. Geographically, the league covers all of Northern England, and the northern areas of the Midlands. Originally just one...

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|1996–97||rowspan="2"|Bangor City

Bangor City F.C.

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|1998–99||rowspan="1"|Halifax Town

Halifax Town A.F.C.

||rowspan="1"|Third Division

Football League Third Division

The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...

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|1998–99||rowspan="1"|York City

York City F.C.

(loan)||rowspan="1"|Second Division

Football League Second Division

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|1999–2000||rowspan="1"|York City

York City F.C.

||rowspan="1"|Third Division

Football League Third Division

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|2000–01||rowspan="2"|Bangor City

Bangor City F.C.

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|2002–03||rowspan="1"|Southport

Southport F.C.

||rowspan="1"|Football Conference

Football Conference

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|2002–03||rowspan="1"|Bangor City

Bangor City F.C.

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|2003–04||rowspan="2"|Aberystwyth Town

Aberystwyth Town F.C.

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|2004–05||rowspan="2"|Total Network Solution

The New Saints F.C.

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|2006–07||rowspan="1"|Bangor City

Bangor City F.C.

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|2007–08||rowspan="1"|Rhyl

Rhyl F.C.

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|2007–08||rowspan="1"|Newtown
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|2008–09||rowspan="1"|Porthmadog

Porthmadog F.C.

Porthmadog Football Club is a football team, playing in the Cymru Alliance.The club was founded in 1884 and plays at Y Traeth, Porthmadog, which accommodates 2,000 spectators .- History :...

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