Lawrence Quaye

Lawrence Quaye

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*
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

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

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]

Club	Season	League	League		Cup^1		League Cup^2		Continental^3		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

Saint-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

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

External links

• 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