Lawrence Quaye

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Lawrence Quaye
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Quaye (2012)
Personal information
Full name Lawrence Awuley Quaye
Date of birth (1984-08-22) 22 August 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
Liberty Professionals
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2021–2023 Al-Kharaitiyat 25 (0)
International career‡
2001 Ghana U18 3+ (0)
2010–2013 Qatar 31 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8/5/2023

Lawrence Awuley Quaye (born 22 August 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Contents

Born in Ghana, Quaye gained Qatari citizenship and represented the Qatar national team. He took the Arabic name of Anas Mubarak (Arabic : أنس مبارك) after becoming a Qatari citizen. [1]

Club career

Early career

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 against Gueugnon, which was the only goal of the match.

Al-Gharafa

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.

International career

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 20th Arabian Gulf Cup. [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.

Personal life

Lawrence is the brother of Abdullah Quaye (born Awuley Quaye Jr.). He is the son of Olympics & Ghanaian international defender Awuley Quaye Sr.

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of 22 March 2024 [19]

ClubSeasonLeagueLeagueCup 1 League Cup 2 Continental 3 Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al-Gharafa 2004–05 QSL 25110
2005–06 2504051
2006–07 25500
2007–08 24630
2008–09 26431340
2009–10 930020
2010–11 2073060
2011–12 210401051
2012–13 2002072
2013–14 2053010
2014–15 9010
2015–16 23120
2016–17 19120
Total26633281294
Al-Markhiya 2017–18 QSL 13000
Umm Salal 2018–19 21120
2019–20 20100
2020–21 20111
Total61331
Al Kharaitiyat 2021–22 QSD 3010
2022–239030
Total12030
Career total35136342

1Includes Emir of Qatar Cup and Qatar Second Division Cup.

2Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.

3Includes AFC Champions League.

Honours

Saint-Étienne

Al-Gharafa

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