Kwame Quee

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Kwame Quee
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Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-07) 7 September 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
[[ UMF Grindavik
Number 10
Youth career
2009–2011 FC Johansen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2019 FC Johansen 35 (20)
2017–2019Víkingur Ólafsvík (loan) 36 (14)
2019–2020 Breiðablik 11 (2)
2019Víkingur Reykjavík (loan) 12 (5)
2020Víkingur Reykjavík (loan) 11 (6)
2021–2022 Víkingur Reykjavík 15 (3)
2022 Najran 11 (5)
2022– Hapoel Haifa 17 (1)
International career
2014 Sierra Leone U20 4 (0)
2015 Sierra Leone U23 4 (0)
2012– Sierra Leone 34 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:48, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:00, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Kwame Quee (born 7 September 1996) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National Premier League club Old Edwardians and the Sierra Leone national team.

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Club career

In June 2016, Quee underwent a three-week trial with Danish side Randers FC, along with three other teammates from Johansen. [1]

In May 2017, Quee was loaned out to Icelandic club Víkingur Ólafsvík on a two-year deal. [2] [3] He made his debut on 15 May against Grindavík, although he was sent off in the 82nd minute after seeing his second yellow card of the match. [4] His first goal with Víkingur came in his third game, where he flicked in a header from close range against Breiðablik. [5] He scored his second goal the following month, during a 2-1 win against Stjarnan. [6]

In January 2019 Quee signed for Icelandic top flight club Breiðablik. After just two appearances with the club, he was loaned out to Víkingur Reykjavík in June. [7] [8] He won the 2019 Icelandic Cup with Víkingur. In 2 March 2022 Quee signed for Saudi club Najran.

On 1 June 2022 he signed for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Haifa. [9]

Honours

Víkingur FC

International career

A former youth international, Quee represented his country at the 2015 African U-20 Championship qualifiers as well as the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers. [10] [11]

Quee received his first senior call-up to the national team in July 2014 in preparation for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. [12] On 19 July, he earned his first cap, replacing Mohamed Kamanor during a 2–0 win against Seychelles, which secured them a spot in the group stage. [13]

International goals

Scores and results list Sierra Leone's goal tally first. [14]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 September 2019 SKD Stadium, Monrovia, LiberiaFlag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 1–11–3 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.13 November 2019 National Stadium, Freetown, Sierra LeoneFlag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 1–01–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.13 November 2020 Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, NigeriaFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–44–42021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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