Lawrence Awuley Quaye (born 22 August 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
 Quaye (2012) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lawrence Awuley Quaye | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
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*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 took the Arabic name of Anas Mubarak (Arabic: أنس مبارك) after becoming a Qatari citizen.[1]
Club career
editEarly career
editBorn 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
editHe 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
editHe 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
editLawrence is the brother of Abdullah Quaye (born Awuley Quaye Jr.). He is the son of Olympics & Ghanaian international defender Awuley Quaye Sr.
Career statistics
editClub
editStatistics accurate as of 22 March 2024[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 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2005–06 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 2006–07 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2007–08 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2008–09 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2009–10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 2010–11 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| 2011–12 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| 2013–14 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2014–15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2015–16 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2016–17 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 266 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 29 | 4 | ||||||
| Al-Markhiya | 2017–18 | QSL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Umm Salal | 2018–19 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 2019–20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2020–21 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 61 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Al Kharaitiyat | 2021–22 | QSD | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022–23 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Career total | 351 | 36 | 34 | 2 | ||||||||
1Includes Emir of Qatar Cup and Qatar Second Division Cup.
2Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League.
Honours
editSaint-Étienne
- Ligue 2: 2004
Al-Gharafa
- Qatar Stars League: 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Emir of Qatar Cup: 2009
- Qatari Stars Cup: 2009
- Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2010
- Sheikh Jassem Cup: 2006, 2008
References
edit- ^ "Al Arabi and Al Gharafa Stars Visit ASPIRE Talent Centre". Albawaba.com. TheFreeLibrary.com Archive. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Liberty's Awuley Quaye takes four-match ban". Accra Mail Online. Re-Published by ghanaweb.com. 19 June 2002. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "CAF Magazine: Issue 77" (PDF). CAF. April 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Four star Gharafa stun Al Karama". The AFC. 18 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ziaie has eye on Saba victory". The AFC. 18 October 2007. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Mali Stumble As Africa Recovers in Meridian Cup". allAfrica.com. 31 January 2001. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Portugal and Ghana go half and half". UEFA. 29 January 2001. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Ghana – Italia". Italian Football Federation (FIGC) Archive (in Italian). 31 January 2001.
- ^ "Meridian Cup: Starlets lose to Spain". GhanaWeb.com. 2 February 2001. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Lawrence will boost Qatar: Yasser". The AFC. 7 January 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Qatar 0 – 1 Haiti". CaribbeanFootballDatabase.com. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Qatar stun Egypt 2–1". The AFC. 17 December 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Eesti koondis kaotas Katarile 0:2". Estonian FA (in Estonian). 22 December 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Gulf Cup roster announced". Qatar FA. 21 November 2010. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "LUCERNE-LS, LE GROUPE!". lausanne-sport.ch.
- ^ QSL.com.qa – Lawrence Quaye Archived 3 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Anas Mubarak at Al-Gharafa website at archive.today (archived 2011-01-08). Additional archives: Archive.is. (in Arabic)
- Lawrence Quaye at National-Football-Teams.com
- Lawrence Awuley Quaye – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Anas Mobarak at Soccerway
- Lawrence Quaye at WorldFootball.net