Lawrence Nicholas

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 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 10 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 April 2026

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

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

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

As of match played 17 May 2025[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tambov 2020–21 RPL 2010––30
Olimp-Dolgoprudny 2021–22 FNL 22010––230
Khimki 2021–22 RPL 40–––40
Fatih Karagümrük 2022–23 Süper Lig 19020––210
2023–24 3020––50
Total 220400000260
Istiklol 2025 Tajikistan Higher League 91000[a]01[b]0101
Career total 371200010401
  1. ↑ Appearances and goals in the AFC Champions League Two
  2. ↑ Appearances and goals in the Tajik Supercup

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. ↑ "«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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ Lawrence Nicholas at Russian Premier League (in Russian) (archive in English)
  9. ↑ "Nicholas profile on Tambov website" (in Russian). FC Tambov. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  10. ↑ Lawrence Nicholas at Soccerway
  11. ↑ Lawrence Nicholas at WorldFootball.net
  12. ↑ Lawrence Nicholas at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)


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