Lawrence Awuley Quaye (born 22 August 1984), or simply Lawrence, is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lawrence Awuley Quaye | ||
Date of birth | (1984-08-22) 22 August 1984 (age 38) | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Al Kharaitiyat SC | ||
Youth career | |||
Liberty Professionals | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2002 | Liberty Professionals | ||
2003–2004 | Saint-Étienne | 28 | (1) |
2004–2017 | Al-Gharafa | 266 | (33) |
2017–2018 | Al-Markhiya | 13 | (0) |
2018–2021 | Umm Salal | 61 | (3) |
2021– | Al Kharaitiyat SC | ||
National team‡ | |||
2001 | Ghana U18 | 3+ | (0) |
2010–2013 | Qatar | 31 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1/7/2022 |
Born in Ghana, Quaye gained Qatari citizenship and represented the Qatar national team. He became known as Anas Mubarak (Arabic: أنس مبارك) after becoming a Qatari citizen.[1]
Born in Accra, Quaye began his career with Liberty Professionals.[2] In January 2003 he was signed by French Ligue 2 side Saint-Étienne.[3] He played his first Ligue 2 match and first league start on 8 March 2003, a 1–1 draw with Wasquehal. He scored his only goal for the club on 6 December 2003, scored the only goal of the match against Gueugnon.
He then left for Qatari club Al-Gharafa.[citation needed]
He played 5 times in 2006 AFC Champions League, and scored twice (1 goal each) against Al-Karamah on matchday 3 & 4.[4][5] He missed matchday 5 due to injury.[6]
He also a regular starter in 2008 and 2009 edition, played 4 and 5 games respectively. In 2010 edition, he only played in the both legs of the quarter-finals, losing to Al-Hilal 4–5 in aggregate.
He played for the Black Starlets at 2001 Meridian Cup, including a 1–1 draw with Portugal U18,[7][8] losing to Italy U18 0–1 as captain.[9] and losing 0–2 to Spain.[10]
In 2010, he changed to play for Qatar at 2011 AFC Asian Cup, which Qatar as host.[11] He capped for his adoptive nation in warm-up friendlies, against Haiti,[12][13] Egypt,[14] Estonia,[15] Iran and North Korea.[16] He also played all 3 matches against Kuwait, Yemen and Saudi Arabia in 2010 Gulf Cup of Nations.[17] He was the starting central midfielder in all 3 group stage matches and in the quarter-finals, all partnered with Wesam Rizik. After the cup, he played against Russia to prepare for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC). He also capped for Qatar in an unofficial friendly against FC Lausanne-Sport[18] and FC Bayern Munich.
Lawrence is the brother of Abdullah Quaye (born Awuley Quaye Jr.). He is the son of ex Olympics & Ghanaian international defender Awuley Quaye, Sr.
Statistics accurate as of 21 August 2022[19]
Club | Season | League | League | Cup1 | League Cup2 | Continental3 | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Al-Gharafa | 2004–05 | QSL | 25 | 1 | ||||||||
2005–06 | 25 | 0 | ||||||||||
2006–07 | 25 | 5 | ||||||||||
2007–08 | 24 | 6 | ||||||||||
2008–09 | 26 | 4 | ||||||||||
2009–10 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||
2010–11 | 20 | 7 | ||||||||||
2011–12 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
2012–13 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||
2013–14 | 20 | 5 | ||||||||||
2014–15 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
2015–16 | 23 | 1 | ||||||||||
2016–17 | 19 | 1 | ||||||||||
Total | 266 | 33 | ||||||||||
Al-Markhiya Sports Club | 2017–18 | QSL | 13 | 0 | ||||||||
Umm Salal SC | 2018–19 | QSL | 21 | 1 | ||||||||
2019–20 | 20 | 1 | ||||||||||
2020–21 | 20 | 1 | ||||||||||
Total | 61 | 3 | ||||||||||
Al Kharaitiyat SC | 2021–22 | Qatari Second Division | ||||||||||
2022–23 | ||||||||||||
Total | ||||||||||||
Career total | 340 | 36 |
1Includes Emir of Qatar Cup.
2Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League.
Saint-Étienne
Al-Gharafa
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