Lawrence Quaye


Lawrence Awuley Quaye is a Ghana born naturalised Qatari footballer who plays for Qatari side Umm Salal and Qatar national team.
He also known as Anas Mubarak after earning the Qatari passport and just known as Lawrence on his shirt.

Club career

Early career

Born in Accra, Quaye began his career with Liberty Professionals. In January 2003 he was signed by French Ligue 2 side Saint-Étienne. 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 against Al-Karamah on matchday 3 & 4. He missed matchday 5 due to injury.
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, losing to Italy U18 0–1 as captain. and losing 0–2 to Spain.
In 2010, he changed to play for Qatar at 2011 AFC Asian Cup, which Qatar as host. He capped for his adoptive nation in warm-up friendlies, against Haiti, Egypt, Estonia, Iran and North Korea. He also played all 3 matches against Kuwait, Yemen and Saudi Arabia in 2010 Gulf Cup of Nations.
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. He also capped for Qatar in an unofficial friendly against FC Lausanne-Sport and FC Bayern Munich.

Personal life

Lawrence is the brother of Abdullah Quaye. He is the son of ex Olympics & Ghanaian international defender Awuley Quaye, Sr.

Club career statistics

Statistics accurate as of 21 August 2011
1Includes Emir of Qatar Cup.
2Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League.

Honours