Lawrence Quaye

Lawrence Awuley Quaye (born 22 August 1984), or simply Lawrence, is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder.

Lawrence Quaye
Quaye (2012)
Personal information
Full name Lawrence Awuley Quaye
Date of birth (1984-08-22) 22 August 1984
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
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)
2021–2023 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

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]

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, scored the only goal of the match against Gueugnon.

Al-Gharafa

He then left for Qatari club Al-Gharafa.

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 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.

Personal life

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

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of 8 May 2023[19]

Club Season League League Cup1 League Cup2 Continental3 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
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
Total 266332814
Al-Markhiya 2017–18 QSL 13000
Umm Salal SC 2018–19 QSL 21120
2019–20 20100
2020–21 20111
Total 61331
Al Kharaitiyat SC 2021–22 Qatari Second Division 3010
2022–23 9030
Total 12030
Career total 35136342

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

2Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.

3Includes AFC Champions League.

Honours

Saint-Étienne

Al-Gharafa

References
  1. "Al Arabi and Al Gharafa Stars Visit ASPIRE Talent Centre". Albawaba.com. TheFreeLibrary.com Archive. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  2. "Liberty's Awuley Quaye takes four-match ban". Accra Mail Online. Re-Published by ghanaweb.com. 19 June 2002. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  3. "CAF Magazine: Issue 77" (PDF). CAF. April 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  4. "Four star Gharafa stun Al Karama". The AFC. 18 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  5. "Matchday Four Review: Dalian and Saba back in business". The AFC. 18 October 2007. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  6. "Ziaie has eye on Saba victory". The AFC. 18 October 2007. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  7. "Mali Stumble As Africa Recovers in Meridian Cup". allAfrica.com. 31 January 2001. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  8. "Portugal and Ghana go half and half". UEFA. 29 January 2001. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  9. "Ghana – Italia". Italian Football Federation (FIGC) Archive (in Italian). 31 January 2001.
  10. "Meridian Cup: Starlets lose to Spain". GhanaWeb.com. 2 February 2001. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  11. "Lawrence will boost Qatar: Yasser". The AFC. 7 January 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  12. "QATAR'S ANAS MUBARAK CONTROLS THE BALL DURING THEIR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY SOCCER MATCH AGAINST HAITI AT KHALIFA STADIUM IN DOHA – PHOTO". (Published by Euro Sport/Yahoo!UK. Reuters. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  13. "Qatar 0 – 1 Haiti". CaribbeanFootballDatabase.com. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  14. "Qatar stun Egypt 2–1". The AFC. 17 December 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  15. "Eesti koondis kaotas Katarile 0:2". Estonian FA (in Estonian). 22 December 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  16. "Qatar lose to DPRK in final tune-up". The AFC. 1 January 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  17. "Gulf Cup roster announced". Qatar FA. 21 November 2010. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  18. "LUCERNE-LS, LE GROUPE!". lausanne-sport.ch.
  19. QSL.com.qa – Lawrence Quaye Archived 3 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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