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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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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 […]

CHINA

China begin to believe again under Milicic

June 1, 2024 Paul Williams

The last time China walked off a pitch in Adelaide, they did so with their heads slumped low, almost too embarrassed to look up and look people in the eye. The players, the ones that […]

AFC ASIAN CUP

Are we witnessing the awakening of Asia’s sleeping giant?

April 22, 2024 Paul Williams

The premise of this article has been written periodically for the past few decades, that’s how long Indonesia has been talked about as the sleeping giant of Asian football. The nation, an archipelago consisting of […]

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Crespo plots revenge on Al Hilal

April 16, 2024 Paul Williams

As arguably the biggest dog in Asia, there is certainly no shame in losing to Al Hilal. Given they’ve lost just one of their past 15 matches on the continent, it’s a reality that faces […]

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