Dejon George Franklin Noel-Williams (born 22 September 1998) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...

club

Potters Bar Town Potters Bar Town Football Club is an English football club based in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England. They were formed in 1960 as Mount Grace Old Scholars, and, after dropping 'Old Scholars' from the name in 1984, changed to their present na ...

. Born in England, he represents the Grenada national team.

Professional career

A youth product of

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...

and

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and th ...

, Noel-Williams spent his early career on various loans to lower league sides. He had stints on loan at

Aylesbury United Aylesbury United Football Club is a football club based in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. They are currently members of Division One Central of the Southern League and play at Chesham United's Meadow ground, having been evicted from their ...

North Leigh North Leigh is a village and civil parish about northeast of Witney in Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of East End and since 1932 has also included the hamlet of Wilcote. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,929. ...

, Chesham United,

Slough Town Slough Town Football Club is a semi-professional English football club based in Slough, Berkshire. Nicknamed "The Rebels", the team competes in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football, following promotion from the Sou ...

, Gloucester City, and Hayes & Yeading. On 7 June 2019, left Oxford United and signed a contract with

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. He transferred to

Billericay Town Billericay Town Football Club is a football club based in Billericay, Essex, England. The club are currently members of and play at New Lodge. They are the second most successful club in FA Vase history, having won the competition on three o ...

on 3 January 2020. He moved to Spain on 27 November 2020, where he signed with

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...

. In August 2021, Noel-Williams returned to English football, signing for

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club

Hemel Hempstead Town Hemel Hempstead Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Affiliated to the Hertfordshire County Football Association, they are currently members of the National League South and pla ...

. He only played two games for the Tudors, before he was on the move again, transferring to

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side Gloucester City in October 2021, having previously had a loan spell for the club in 2019. On 4 February 2022, Noel-Williams joined

Braintree Town Braintree Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Braintree, Essex, England. They are currently members of and play at Cressing Road. History The club was formed on 24 September 1898 as Manor Works, the works team o ...

. On 18 July 2022, following a short spell with Braintree, Noel-Williams made the switch to

ahead of the 2022–23 campaign.

International career

Born in England, Noel-Williams is of Grenadian descent. He was called up to represent the

Grenada national football team The Grenada national football team represents Grenada in international football and is controlled by the Grenada Football Association, a member of the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF. The team is nicknamed ''The Spice Boys'', a reference ...

for matches in June 2021. He debuted for Grenada in a 1–0

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loss to

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on 4 June 2021.

Personal life

Noel-Williams is the son of the football manager and former footballer

Gifton Noel-Williams Gifton Ruben Elisha Noel-Williams (born 21 January 1980) is an English former footballer who played for Watford, Stoke and Burnley among other clubs. After a serious knee injury in 1999, he was affected by rheumatoid arthritis for much of the r ...

Career statistics

References

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North Leigh Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Noel-Williams, Dejon 1998 births Living people Footballers from Greater London Grenadian footballers Grenada international footballers English footballers English sportspeople of Grenadian descent Association football forwards National League (English football) players Southern Football League players Tercera División players Oxford United F.C. players Aylesbury United F.C. players North Leigh F.C. players Slough Town F.C. players Chesham United F.C. players Gloucester City A.F.C. players Wealdstone F.C. players Hayes & Yeading United F.C. players Billericay Town F.C. players CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players Braintree Town F.C. players Potters Bar Town F.C. players Grenadian expatriate footballers English expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain English expatriate sportspeople in Spain Grenadian expatriate sportspeople in Spain 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players English people of Grenadian descent Black British sportspeople