Iñaki Williams is enjoying yet another season as a starter for Athletic Bilbao. The only debate about his role in Basque Country is whether he should play more up front as a true striker or out on the wing.
Williams’ spot with Spain’s national team was never assured, though, so when the call to play for Ghana came, his decision wasn’t that hard to make.
Ahead of the World Cup, Ghana aggressively recruited players from abroad with connections to the African nation, and Williams fitted the bill.
The 28-year-old Williams was born in Spain to parents who are from Ghana. They moved to Spain several decades ago and, to be able to stay there, were advised by a charity worker to say they had fled a civil war in Liberia.
Now, with slim hopes of being called up again by Spain — he made one appearance in a friendly in 2016
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