Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Alexander Lawrence | ||
Date of birth | 22 August 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Henley-on-Thames, England | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Trenčín | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2003 | Arsenal | ||
2005–2006 | QPR | ||
2009–2011 | Ajax | ||
2011–2012 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
2012–2014 | RKC Waalwijk | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014– | Trenčín | 57 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2017. |
James Lawrence (born 22 August 1992) is an English footballer registered with FK AS Trenčín who play in the Fortuna Liga.
After an early youth career in England with Enfield, Arsenal & QPR and then in the Netherlands with HFC Haarlem Lawrence joined Ajax where he played for two seasons, finishing the 2010/11 season as Netherlands U19 First Division Champions. Periods with Jong Sparta Rotterdam and Jong RKC Waalwijk followed whilst studying at the Johan Cruyff Institute in Amsterdam.
Lawrence transferred to AS Trenčín on 13 August 2014 aged 21 and scored on his debut the same day in a Slovak Cup match against ŠK Strážske. Four days later Lawrence made his Fortuna Liga debut in a 4–2 win against MFK Košice. On 1 May 2015 Lawrence helped AS Trenčín to a maiden Slovak Cup, beating FK Senica in the final. In May 2015 AS Trenčín became Fortuna Liga Champions for the first time with Lawrence thus achieving the league and cup double in his first senior season.
During Season 2014–15 Lawrence played 25 matches for AS Trenčín, winning 19, drawing 4 and losing 2 (PPG 2.44 | on pitch goal average 3.23 | on pitch goal ratio 0.76).
Lawrence missed the end of the 2014–15 season and the beginning of the 2015–16 season due to an injury sustained in the 2015 Cup Final, returning on 13 October 2015 when he scored in a 3–0 win over ŠK Blava Jaslovské Bohunice in the 4th round of the Slovak Cup. A 3–1 win over ŠK Slovan Bratislava in the Slovnaft Cup Final on 29 April 2016 secured a second Slovak Cup for Lawrence and AS Trenčín. On 8 May 2016 AS Trenčín beat ŠK Slovan Bratislava 4–0 to become Fortuna Liga Champions for the second year in succession, Lawrence thus achieving back to back doubles in his first two senior seasons.