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.

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 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. 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 20th Arabian Gulf Cup. 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 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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup1League Cup2Continental3Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al-Gharafa2004–05QSL25110
2005–062504051
2006–0725500
2007–0824630
2008–0926431340
2009–10930020
2010–112073060
2011–12210401051
2012–132002072
2013–142053010
2014–159010
2015–1623120
2016–1719120
Total26633281294
Al-Markhiya2017–18QSL13000
Umm Salal2018–1921120
2019–2020100
2020–2120111
Total61331
Al Kharaitiyat2021–22QSD3010
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

External links

  • Deprecated link at archive.today (archived 2011-01-08). Additional archives: Deprecated link. (in Arabic)
  • at National-Football-Teams.com
  • – French league stats at LFP – also available (archived)
  • at Soccerway
  • at WorldFootball.net