James Lawrence

James Alexander Lawrence (born 22 August 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for FC St. Pauli and the Wales national team.

Lawrence has previously played for Anderlecht, AS Trencin and youth teams at Arsenal, Queens Park Rangers, Ajax and Sparta Rotterdam.

Club Career

Early career

Lawrence's early youth career included London clubs Enfield, Arsenal and Queens Park Rangers. In 2008 his family moved to the Netherlands where he joined HFC Haarlem. In 2009 Lawrence left Haarlem to join Ajax with whom he won the Netherlands U19 First Division Championship in 2010–11 and was coached by Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp. Lawrence then had spells with Jong Sparta Rotterdam and Jong RKC Waalwijk whilst he was enrolled at the Johan Cruyff Institute in Amsterdam.

AS Trencin

Lawrence transferred to AS Trencin on 13 August 2014 aged 21 and scored on his debut the same day in a Slovak Cup match against SK Strazske. Four days later, Lawrence made his Fortuna Liga debut in a 4–2 win against Kosice. On 1 May 2015 Lawrence helped AS Trencin to a maiden Slovak Cup, beating Senica in the final in Poprad. In May 2015 AS Trencin became Fortuna Liga Champions for the first time with Lawrence thus achieving the league and cup double in his first senior season.

The AS Trencin champions of 2014–15, with an average age of 21.74, were recognised as having been the youngest champions across 31 top division European leagues from 2009–2017 by the CIES Football Observatory.

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 Blava Jaslovske Bohunice in the 4th round of the Slovak Cup. A 3–1 win over Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Cup Final on 29 April 2016 secured a second Slovak Cup for Lawrence and AS Trencin. On 8 May 2016, AS Trencin beat Slovan Bratislava 4–0 to become Fortuna Liga Champio

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