Lawrence Doe (born 3 September 1986) is a Liberian-born naturalized Equatoguinean professional

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who plays for Spanish club CD Monte Sión.

Club career

Before becoming a professional player, Lawrence played for various clubs in

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...

at the junior levels like

Stade Malien Stade Malien is a Malian professional football and sports club based in Bamako. One of the two dominant clubs of Malian football, their eastern Bamako training grounds host other sports as well, including a successful basketball club. Football ...

Djoliba Athletic Club Djoliba Athletic Club is a Malian football club and one of the two biggest teams in Mali alongside the Stade Malien. The team is based in the capital city of Bamako. It has its headquarters and three training stadia at Complex Sportif Héré ...

and

AS Sigui AS Sigui is a Malian football club based in Kayes. At the end of the 2006/7 season, they were relegated from the Malien Premiere Division to the D1 (second division) in Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko. Ach ...

where he won the Malien League in 2002 with Stade Malien and Malien Cup with Djoliba Athletic Club in 2003. Lawrence began his professional career with

Renacimiento FC Renacimiento Fútbol Club is an Equatoguinean football club based in the city of Malabo. From 2004 to 2007, the club won 4 national titles. It was disestablished between 2009 and 2011, but returns for the 2012 season in Second Division. Honours ...

in 2005. He played in forty-eight league matches for the Equatoguinean club. He won the Equatoguinean League with the club in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2007, he moved to

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, where he played for several clubs in the lower leagues, the highest ranked being

Águilas CF Águilas Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team in Águilas, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 1925 and dissolved in 2010, it played its last season ( 2009–10) in Segunda División B – Group 2, holding home games a ...

in the

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. After spending a long three-seasons spell in

, he moved to

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

where he signed a contract with first-division club Bahla Club. In the same season, he came back to Spain and signed a contract with

CA Pulpileño Club Atlético Pulpileño is a football team based in Pulpí, Almería, but has its headquarters in Pozo de la Higuera, Murcia. Founded in 2002, the team plays in . The club's home ground is ''Estadio San Miguel''. Season to season ---- *1 seas ...

. In 2011, he came back to Oman and signed a contract with Oman Elite League club Al-Shabab Club and helped the club to win the

2011–12 Oman Elite League The 2011–12 Oman Elite League (known as the ''Omantel Elite League'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th edition of the top football league in Oman. It began on 25 September 2011 and was scheduled to finish on 19 May 2012, but for the first t ...

. He also spent a brief spell in

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with

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scoring two goals in seven league matches and

Apollon Smyrni Apollon Smyrnis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Απόλλων Σμύρνης), or in its full name Gymnasticos Syllogos Apollon Smyrnis ( el, links=no, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης, ''Gymnastics Club Apollon o ...

where he played for the club in two matches. In the same season, he moved to

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where he signed a contract with Al Raed of the Saudi Professional League for whom he scored one goal in one match. Just after one game for

Al-Raed Al Raed Saudi Football Club ( ''Nādī ar-Rāʾid'', "Pioneer Club") is a Saudi football club based in Buraidah, and the first of its kind in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. One of the club's notable founders is Abdulaziz Al-Aboudi. Established ...

, on 30 July 2013 he came back to

and signed a contract with one of his former clubs, Al-Shabab Club. He scored one league goal in twenty five league matches for the

Oman Professional League The Oman Professional League ( ar, دوري المحترفين عمان; known as the ''Omantel Professional League'' for sponsorship reasons), previously known as the Omantel Elite League, is the top division of the Oman Football Association, an ...

club in the

2013–14 Oman Professional League The 2013–14 Oman Professional League (known as the ''Omantel Professional League'' for sponsorship reasons) is the 38th edition of the top football league in Oman. The Oman Football League got the seal of approval of a professional league on 1 Se ...

. In August 2017, Doe signed with Indian

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club

Shillong Lajong Shillong Lajong FC (founded as Lajong SC) is an Indian professional football club based in Shillong, Meghalaya, that competes in the Shillong Premier League. The club was established in 1983 with the prime objective of improving the declining st ...

. He also appeared in

2018 Indian Super Cup The 2018 Hero Super Cup was the inaugural edition of the Super Cup (India), Super Cup and 39th season of the main club Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in India. The competition is sponsored by H ...

, in which their campaign was ended in quarter-finals.

International career

When Doe played in Mali for

, he met with Izetta Sombo Wesley, president of the Liberia Football Association who was in

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on t ...

with the national team in the

2002 Africa Cup of Nations The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Mali. Just like in 2000, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Ca ...

. They exchanged telephone numbers, but finally Doe was never called by Liberia. In 2005, he transferred to Renacimiento and accepted to play for the

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

, then coached by

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian

Antônio Dumas Antônio Dumas Ramalho Esteves (28 November 1955 – 30 December 2019) was a Brazilian football player and manager. Playing career He played for Esporte Clube Bahia, Desportiva Leônico, Santos, S.C. Olhanense and G.D. Chaves. Coaching car ...

. With his adopted nation, Doe appeared in the 2006 CEMAC Cup, the

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and the

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qualification (except against

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). Also, he appeared in B matches against Brazilian side

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and the regional team of

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in 2005, the Region of Murcia and Extremadura in 2007, and at the ''Mundialito de la Inmigración y la Solidaridad'' in 2009. In 2011, Doe scored against French club RSC Montreuil,

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, France U-20,

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and the

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Honours

Club

*With

:* Malien League (1): 2002 *With Djoliba :* Malien Cup (1): 2003 *With Renacimiento :* Equatoguinean League (3): 2005, 2006, 2007 *With Al-Shabab :*

Omani League The Oman Professional League ( ar, دوري المحترفين عمان; known as the ''Omantel Professional League'' for sponsorship reasons), previously known as the Omantel Elite League, is the top division of the Oman Football Association, an ...

(0): 2011–12

Country

CEMAC Cup The CEMAC Cup was a non-commercialised football tournament that included only local league players from the Republic of Congo, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic. As the local leagues in these six countri ...

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