Awuley Quaye

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Awuley Quaye
Personal information
Full name Emanuel Awuley Quaye
Date of death(2024-03-25)25 March 2024
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Accra Great Olympics
International career
Ghana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emanuel Awuley Quaye (died 25 March 2024), known as Awulley Senior Quaye, was a Ghanaian international footballer. He captained the Ghana team as they won the 1978 African Cup of Nations. [1] He played club football as a defender for Accra Great Olympics. [2] [3] Awuley was the father of Abdullah Quaye and Lawrence Quaye. [4] He died on 25 March 2024. [5]

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References

  1. "Flashback!! 'George's Africa Cup'...Glorious Awuley Quaye Snr". Ghanaian Times. 25 November 2020.
  2. "Ghana Black Stars win the AFCON for keeps in 1978". ghanamuseum.com. 16 March 2020.
  3. "Akwei Maclean — Still active". Daily Graphic. 30 December 1997. p. 8.
  4. "Ghana Loses Great Footballer, Lawrence Quaye To Qatar". modernghana.com. 30 March 2019.
  5. Ghana mourns passing of football legend Emanuel Awuley Quaye