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About Paul Williams
Paul Williams is an Adelaide-based football writer who has reported on the comings and goings of Asian football for the past decade. Having covered the past two Asian Cups, he writes regularly about the J.League for Optus Sport in Australia, while he also regularly contributes to Arab News. Further, he has previously been published by outlets such as FOX Sports Asia, Al Jazeera English, FourFourTwo, and appeared on numerous TV and radio shows to discuss Asian football.
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AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Kawasaki the last hope for the East amidst a sea change in Asia

April 28, 2025 Paul Williams

Asian football has changed, that much we know. Kawasaki Frontale’s AFC Champions League Elite semi-final against Al Nassr on Wednesday will tell us by how much it has changed. The opening days of what is […]

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Al Hilal put Gwangju to the sword in statement win

April 26, 2025 Paul Williams

They might’ve been in Jeddah rather than their usual abode in Riyadh, but the Blue Wave still gathered in their thousands, as they usually do, behind the goal at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium. […]

ROAD TO 2026

What we learned as Asian Qualifiers near thrilling conclusion

March 27, 2025 Paul Williams

Qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026 will come down to the wire in June. After eight thrilling matchdays across this vast continent, only Japan and Iran have secured their spot at football’s global showpiece […]

INDONESIA

Van Dijk’s concern with Indonesia’s naturalisation push

March 18, 2025 Paul Williams

This is one of those weeks where Sergio van Dijk wishes he was 15 years younger. The 42-year-old striker has long since retired after a career that took him from his native Netherlands, all the […]

INTERVIEWS

Kijima charts unorthodox path to professional football

December 13, 2024 Paul Williams

Earlier this year, in just his seventh league appearance, Hosei Kijima shared the pitch with Lionel Messi as his St Louis City outfit played out a thrilling 3-3 draw with Messi’s Inter Miami. Messi, the […]

AUSTRALIA

A new era awaits for Australian football

October 10, 2024 Paul Williams

A new chapter in the history of Australian football will be written on tonight when Tony Popovic takes charge of the men’s national team for the first time. A revered and respected defender in his […]

INTERVIEWS

The Chicken Korma that changed Ashleigh Plumptre’s life

August 6, 2024 Paul Williams

Ashleigh Plumptre had just arrived back home in Leicester from a holiday in the USA, visiting family and friends in Los Angeles, where she had previously studied at the University of Southern California, and enjoying […]

AUSTRALIA

Johnson: Second division “will exist” in Australia

July 17, 2024 Paul Williams

Football Australia CEO, James Johnson, has moved to allay fears the proposed National Second Division may not get off the ground, boldly declaring the competition “will exist” ahead of its planned launch in 2025. The […]

WOMEN'S FOOTBALL

How Banaat FC is changing the face of women’s football in the UAE

June 14, 2024 Paul Williams

In the United Arab Emirates, August 28 is Emirati Women’s Day, a chance to celebrate the increasingly significant role women are playing in Emirati society. For Budreya Faisal, a pioneering business and football marketing executive […]

AUSTRALIA

Matildas mania to boost Women’s Asian Cup as Asia enters a new era

June 3, 2024 Paul Williams

The FIFA Women’s World Cup was almost a year ago, but walking the streets of Adelaide last week you wouldn’t know it – you’d swear it was still in full swing. Green and gold banners […]

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