Lawrence Nicholas

Lawrence Anwan Nicholas (born 17 May 2001) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük.

Lawrence Nicholas
Nicholas with Khimki in 2022
Personal information
Full name Lawrence Anwan Nicholas
Date of birth (2001-05-17) 17 May 2001
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fatih Karagümrük
Number 24
Youth career
Haruna Babangida Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 FC Tambov 2 (0)
2021 FC Olimp-Dolgoprudny 22 (0)
2022 FC Khimki 4 (0)
2022– Fatih Karagümrük 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 July 2023

Club career

Nicholas made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Tambov on 5 December 2020 in a game against Spartak Moscow, coming on for Dmitri Merenchukov in the 85th minute.[1] On 13 December 2020 he made his first start for Tambov in a game against Rubin Kazan.

On 18 February 2022, Nicholas signed a contract with Russian Premier League side FC Khimki until the end of the 2023–24 season.[2] On 21 July 2022, his contract with Khimki was terminated by mutual consent.[3]

On 30 July 2022, he signed with Fatih Karagümrük in Turkey.[4]

Personal life

Nicholas is registered as his last name by the Russian Premier League[5] and he is listed under that last name on the official site of FC Tambov.[6] However, other sources list "Anwan" as his last name (with the full name Nicholas Lawrence Anwan)[7] or "Lawrence" as his last name (with the full name Anwan Nicholas Lawrence).[8]

Career statistics
As of 28 May 2022[9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tambov 2020–21 RPL 2010–30
Olimp-Dolgoprudny 2021–22 FNL 22010–230
Khimki 2021–22 RPL 40––40
Career total 2802000300

    References
    1. "Spartak v Tambov game report". Russian Premier League. 5 December 2020.
    2. "ЛОУРЕНС НИКОЛАС ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С "ХИМКАМИ"" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Khimki. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
    3. ""ХИМКИ" И НИКОЛАС ЛОУРЕНС РАСТОРГЛИ КОНТРАКТ ПО СОГЛАШЕНИЮ СТОРОН" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
    4. "Karagümrük have signed Anwan Lawrence Nicholas. The 21 year old Midfielder has agreed to a contract with our club". Fatih Karagümrük. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
    5. Lawrence Nicholas at Russian Premier League
    6. "Nicholas profile on Tambov website" (in Russian). FC Tambov. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
    7. Lawrence Nicholas at Soccerway
    8. Lawrence Nicholas at WorldFootball.net
    9. Lawrence Nicholas at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)


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