Liam Lawrence

Quick Facts

Full Name	Liam Lawrence
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 14, 1981(1981-12-14)
Age	43
Birthplace	Romford
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Liam Lawrence Biography

Liam Lawrence is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on December 14, 1981 in Romford, England, United Kingdom. Liam Lawrence, born 14 December 1981, is a former professional footballer who was a winger and central midfielder.

Lawrence began his professional career with Mansfield Town. After impressing at the Field Mill, he signed for Sunderland on June 5, 2005. In 2006, he was on loan to Stoke City. He made his move permanent in January 2007. He was a key player at Stoke and helped them to promotion to Premier League 2008. In 2008, he won the Player of the Year award. He signed on loan for Portsmouth in September 2010 and was signed permanently during the January transfer window. He spent some time on loan at Cardiff City while Portsmouth was in financial trouble. In the summer 2012, he joined PAOK in Greece. After a short spell at Barnsley, he returned to England in 2014. He joined PAOK in the summer of 2012.

Lawrence joined Stoke City initially on loan in November 2006 after falling out of favour with Roy Keane with the deal becoming permanent in January 2007. He made a fine start to his Stoke career scoring against Cardiff City and Ipswich Town. In 2006–07 Stoke narrowly missed out on the play-offs finishing in 8th position. In 2007–08 Lawrence played in 44 matches scoring 15 goals as Stoke gained promotion to the Premier League in 2nd position. Lawrence struck a great partnership with Ricardo Fuller and the pair scored a combined total of 30 goals with Lawrence winning the player of the year award.

Lawrence scored Stoke’s first home goal in the Premier League in 2008 when he scored a penalty against Aston Villa. However Lawrence injured himself when he tripped over his pet Labrador damaging his ankle. He had to undergo ankle surgery to repair a tear in the ligament. He returned from injury towards the end of the season and scored winning goals in games against Blackburn Rovers and Hull City, with the latter securing Stoke’s survival. Lawrence signed a new contract at Stoke in July 2009 keeping him at the Britannia Stadium until

2013. Lawrence found himself in and out of the side in 2009–10 making 25 league appearances of which 11 were as a substitute and he scored once against Hull City in April. After the season ended Lawrence stated that he expected to leave Stoke during the summer of 2010.

After Sunderland’s promotion, Lawrence was in and out the first team squad during the 2005-06 season. Lawrence made 23 starts for the club and 10 substitute appearances. He scored against Fulham and Chelsea as well as Sunderland’s bitter rivals Newcastle United, St James’ Park. Although Sunderland were relegated in a disaster with 15 points below their record, Lawrence finished the season as second to Dean Whitehead for the Player of the Year award. He was considered one of Sunderland’s best performers. Both Lawrence and Whitehead signed new contracts in August 2006.

Liam Lawrence Net Worth

Liam Lawrence is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Liam Lawrence 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lawrence was born in Retford, and joined Mansfield Town in 1996’s youth team. He made his professional debut against Blackpool as part of the Football League Trophy 1999-2000 season. In 2000-01, he played 18 matches and scored four goals. Mansfield was 13th. He made 37 appearances in 2001-02 as the Stags were promoted to the third tier. However, he was relegated in 2002-03 when Lawrence played in 46 matches and scored 12 goals. Lawrence was a part of 52 games in 2003-04 and helped the club reach the play-offs. Mansfield defeated Northampton Town by penalties to reach the final. They faced another penalty shootout after a draw of 0-0. However, Mansfield lost 4-1 to Huddersfield Town with Lawrence missing his penalty.

Sunderland signed Lawrence in June 2004 for a cost of PS175,000. Lawrence enjoyed a promising debut season at Sunderland. He scored 6 goals in 32 appearances including two brilliant strikes against Wolverhampton Wanderers on the Stadium of Light 2 November 2004. Marcus Stewart scored the crucial goal against Wigan Athletic at JJB Stadium, which was one of the highlights of Sunderland’s first season. Sunderland won in 2005 the Championship and was promoted to the Premier League.

Lawrence is an Irish citizen through his Kerry-born grandfather. On 16 February 2006, Lawrence received his first international call-up, for the Republic of Ireland in their friendly game against Sweden on 3 March, but spent the entire match as an unused substitute. On 18 May 2009, Lawrence was named in the Irish squad for a friendly with Nigeria and subsequently made his debut in that match ten days later. Following this, Lawrence was named in the starting eleven for Ireland’s friendly against South Africa on 8 September and scored the only goal of the game, a free kick in the 37th minute for his first international goal. Lawrence made his competitive international debut in Ireland’s penultimate 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Italy in Croke Park on 10 October, and provided an assist for his Stoke City teammate Glenn Whelan to open the scoring in the match, which ended 2–2. He also made a start against France in the first-leg of Ireland’s crucial 2010 FIFA World Cup play- off on 14 November, which France won 1–0, with Nicolas Anelka netting the only goal. He has not played for Ireland since 29 May 2011.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Liam Lawrence Dating?

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Lawrence joined Championship rivals Cardiff City on loan till the end of the season as Portsmouth’s dire financial situation meant they needed to take cost-cutting measures. He went on to make his debut on 7 March against Brighton & Hove Albion, where he set up the second goal for Cardiff. He scored his first goal for the club on 14 April in a 1–0 win over Barnsley.

Facts & Trivia

Liam Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Liam Lawrence celebrates birthday on December 14 of every year.

He scored his first goal for Shrewsbury on 1 November 2014, converting an injury time penalty away from home against Dagenham and Redbridge to seal a 2–1 win, extending the club’s winning sequence in League Two to five matches, following this with the only goal of the game as Shrewsbury defeated Walsall in an FA Cup first round replay at the New Meadow.

Top Facts about Liam Lawrence

1. Liam Lawrence is an English-born Irish footballer born in 1981.
2. He played for Sunderland, Stoke City, and Portsmouth among others.
3. Lawrence scored 84 goals in his club career.
4. He made 15 appearances for the Republic of Ireland national team.
5. His most successful season was with Stoke City in 2007-08.
6. Lawrence won the Football League Championship play-offs twice (2008, 2010).
7. He retired from professional football in 2016 at age 35.
8. Lawrence currently works as a pundit for Sky Sports News.
9. His preferred position on the field was right midfield.
10. Liam Lawrence is known for his accurate set-piece deliveries and long-range shooting ability.