Lawrence Nicholas
 Nicholas with Khimki in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lawrence Anwan Nicholas | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 2001 | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Afreeki | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Haruna Babangida Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Tambov | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | Olimp-Dolgoprudny | 22 | (0) |
| 2022 | Khimki | 4 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Fatih Karagümrük | 22 | (0) |
| 2025 | Istiklol | 9 | (1) |
| 2025– | Al-Afreeki | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 October 2025 | |||
Lawrence Anwan Nicholas (born 17 May 2001) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder, for Libyan Premier League club Al-Afreeki.
Club career
[edit]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]
On 16 February 2025, Tajikistan Higher League club Istiklol announced the signing of Nicholas to a one-year contract.[5] On 16 July 2025, Istiklol announced the departure of Nicholas.[6]
On 5 October 2025, Libyan Premier League club Al-Afreeki announced the signing of Nicholas.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Nicholas is registered as his last name by the Russian Premier League[8] and he is listed under that last name on the official site of FC Tambov.[9] However, other sources list "Anwan" as his last name (with the full name Nicholas Lawrence Anwan)[10] or "Lawrence" as his last name (with the full name Anwan Nicholas Lawrence).[11]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 17 May 2025[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tambov | 2020–21 | RPL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Olimp-Dolgoprudny | 2021–22 | FNL | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 | ||
| Khimki | 2021–22 | RPL | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Fatih Karagümrük | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Istiklol | 2025 | Tajikistan Higher League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Career total | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
- ^ Appearances and goals in the AFC Champions League Two
- ^ Appearances and goals in the Tajik Supercup
References
[edit]- ^ "Spartak v Tambov game report". Russian Premier League. 5 December 2020.
- ^ "ЛОУРЕНС НИКОЛАС ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С "ХИМКАМИ"" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Khimki. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ ""ХИМКИ" И НИКОЛАС ЛОУРЕНС РАСТОРГЛИ КОНТРАКТ ПО СОГЛАШЕНИЮ СТОРОН" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "«ИСТИҚЛОЛ» БО ЛЕГИОНЕР АЗ НИГЕРИЯ ШАРТНОМА БАСТ БАҲРИ ПУРЗӮР КАРДАНИ ҲАЙАТ «ИСТИҚЛОЛ» БО НИМҲИМОЯТГАР АЗ НИГЕРИЯ НИКОЛАС ЛОУРЕНС ШАРТНОМА БАСТ". t.me/fcistiklol2007 (in Tajik). FC Istiklol Telegram. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "ISTIKLOL PARTS WAYS WITH THREE PLAYERS THE MULTIPLE-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION HAS TERMINATED CONTRACTS WITH THREE PLAYERS". t.me/fcistiklol2007 (in Tajik). FC Istiklol Telegram. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ "محطات عديدة عبر أوروبا وآسيا… والآن الموعد في ليبيا". facebook.com/AlAfrekySC (in Arabic). نادي الافريقي الليبي - Al-Afreky Ly SC. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ Lawrence Nicholas at Russian Premier League (in Russian) (archive in English)
- ^ "Nicholas profile on Tambov website" (in Russian). FC Tambov. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ Lawrence Nicholas at Soccerway
- ^ Lawrence Nicholas at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Lawrence Nicholas at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)
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