Born in Bilbao to a Liberian mother and a Ghanaian father, Iñaki Williams, an Athletic player, has one of the most special passports in the competition due to his roots and his attachment to his hometown. His parents met in a refugee camp in Accra, Ghana.
The 27-year-old striker spent his entire international career in the lower categories of Spain and in 2016, he made his debut with the Absolute. The lion played 30 minutes of the friendly against Bosnia (victory, 3-1). He achieved something he wanted after receiving the call from Vicente del Bosque to be part of an alternative list of 11 players in preparation for Euro 2016. On May 22, 2018, as happened two years ago, he joined a call alternative of La Roja to help in the first preparatory training for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Now, from his father’s land, they want him to change his shirt. According to local media reports, the president of the Ghana Federation, Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, has spoken with Iñaki Williams and his entourage to consider the possibility of the Atletico striker playing for Ghana in the next World Cup in Qatar at the end of 2022. The Central African country has been drawn in Group H together with Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea. AS has been able to confirm that the 9 continues to maintain the same position as in recent times: he is not considering joining the African team and his bet, although he sees it as very distant, is for Spain. It is not the first time that the ‘Black Stars’ have tried to convince the ‘rojiblanco’ striker. And with Nico Williams, who is beginning his journey through the Spanish U-21, the same thing happens. At the level of regulations there would not be too much problem, since Iñaki’s only international match was a friendly, it was not an official date.
A fixed for Marcelino
Iñaki Williams is one of those players who is always there. The Basque’s physical form is enviable and he is one of the players who, both due to quality and availability, always accumulate many minutes in the League. He has 224 consecutive league games, the record in Spain.
This yearwho wants to be the signing of Ghana, is the player most used by Marcelino García Toral. Iñaki has accumulated 2,614 minutes in which he has scored seven goals, which also makes him the first scorer for the San Mamés team.
