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James Lawrence

James Lawrence

Defender - Centre-Back  at Almere City FC
Age33
CitizenshipWales England
Height1.88 m
Footleft
BornAugust 22, 1992
at Almere City FC 637 days · joined 2024-08-25
👕200+ Apps
Market value €300k
Centre-Back Defender

Career snapshot

7
clubs played for
11/12
debut season
0.04
goals / match
AS Trencin
top club · 115 apps

Career highs

€1.50m
peak value · 2019
€2.25m
top transfer fee · 18/19
5
best season · 16/17
11 / 0
int'l caps / goals
291Appearances
11Goals
9Assists
19Yellow cards
0Red cards
56Full matches (90′)
Full nameJames Lawrence
Name in home countryJames Alexander Lawrence
Date of birth1992-08-22 (33 yrs)
Place of birthHenley-on-Thames, Wales
CitizenshipWales England
PositionDefender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Footleft
Height188.00 m
Current clubAlmere City FC
Joined2024-08-25
Contract expires2027-06-30
AgentPUM
Jul 2025
25/26 — Almere City FC
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Oct 2024
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Aug 2024
Transfer: 1.FC Nuremberg → Almere City
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
24/25 — Almere City FC
26 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2024
Injury: unknown
16 games missed
Sep 2023
Injury: unknown
14 games missed
Aug 2023
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — 1.FC Nuremberg
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
May 2023
Injury: unknown
Nov 2022
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Jul 2022
Transfer: FC St. Pauli → 1.FC Nuremberg
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — 1.FC Nuremberg
24 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
May 2022
Injury: unknown
Feb 2022
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Feb 2022
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — FC St. Pauli
21 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
May 2021
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Dec 2020
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Oct 2020
Transfer: RSC Anderlecht → FC St. Pauli
20/21 · Transfer · €500k
Aug 2020
Injury: unknown
11 games missed
Jul 2020
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — FC St. Pauli
19 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jun 2020
Transfer: FC St. Pauli → RSC Anderlecht
19/20 · Return from loan
Jun 2020
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Dec 2019
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Aug 2019
Transfer: RSC Anderlecht → FC St. Pauli
19/20 · Loan
Jul 2019
19/20 — FC St. Pauli
14 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Aug 2018
Transfer: AS Trencin → RSC Anderlecht
18/19 · Transfer · €2.25m
Jul 2018
18/19 — RSC Anderlecht, AS Trencin
35 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — AS Trencin
29 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — AS Trencin
34 matches · 5 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — AS Trencin
20 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2014
Transfer: RKC U21 → AS Trencin
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2014
14/15 — AS Trencin
23 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — RKC Waalwijk U21
12 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2012
12/13 — RKC Waalwijk U21
21 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: Sparta U21 → RKC U21
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2011
11/12 — Sparta Rotterdam U21
5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2011
Transfer: Ajax U18 → Sparta U21
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2009
Transfer: Haarlem Youth → Ajax U18
09/10 · Transfer
Jul 2008
Transfer: QPR Academy → Haarlem Youth
08/09 · Transfer
Jul 2003
Transfer: Arsenal Youth → QPR Academy
03/04 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €1.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
5,030 min
Minutes played by club
Almere City FC 0.0%
1.FC Nuremberg 0.0%
FC St. Pauli 20.0%
RSC Anderlecht 0.0%
AS Trencin 59.8%
RKC Waalwijk U21 20.2%
Sparta Rotterdam U21 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Almere City FC 2 24/25 25/26 30 0 1 0
1.FC Nuremberg 2 22/23 23/24 28 0 0 0
FC St. Pauli 3 19/20 21/22 54 1 4 1,006
RSC Anderlecht 1 18/19 18/19 26 0 0 0
AS Trencin 5 14/15 18/19 115 9 4 3,007
RKC Waalwijk U21 2 12/13 13/14 33 1 0 1,017
Sparta Rotterdam U21 1 11/12 11/12 5 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

2€375K4€750K5€1.1M7€1.5M13/14 — 1 goals (RKC Waalwijk U21)113/1414/1515/16 — 2 goals (AS Trencin)215/1616/17 — 5 goals (AS Trencin)16/17 — 2 assists716/1717/18 — 1 goals (AS Trencin)17/18 — 1 assists217/1818/19 — 1 goals (AS Trencin)18/19 — 1 assists218/1919/20 — 1 goals (FC St. Pauli)19/20 — 1 assists219/2020/21 — 2 assists220/2121/22 — 1 assists121/2222/2323/2424/25 — 1 assists124/2525/2614/15 — €75K15/16 — €225K16/17 — €300K17/18 — €450K18/19 — €900K19/20 — €1.5M20/21 — €800K21/22 — €1M22/23 — €800K23/24 — €650K24/25 — €400K25/26 — €300KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

11/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 2215/1616/17: 5516/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

11/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 2216/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 1124/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Keuken Kampioen Divisie Almere City FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Eredivisie Almere City FC 26 0 1 0 0 0
23/24 2. Bundesliga 1.FC Nuremberg 3 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 DFB-Pokal 1.FC Nuremberg 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 2. Bundesliga 1.FC Nuremberg 21 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 DFB-Pokal 1.FC Nuremberg 3 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 2. Bundesliga FC St. Pauli 18 0 1 0 0 0
21/22 DFB-Pokal FC St. Pauli 3 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 2. Bundesliga FC St. Pauli 19 0 2 4 0 0
19/20 2. Bundesliga FC St. Pauli 14 1 1 1 0 1,006
18/19 Europa League RSC Anderlecht 3 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Europa League Qualifying AS Trencin 6 1 1 1 0 540
18/19 Fortuna Liga AS Trencin 3 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 JPL RSC Anderlecht 18 0 0 2 0 0
18/19 JPL Play-Offs I RSC Anderlecht 5 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Europa League Qualifying AS Trencin 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Fortuna Liga AS Trencin 16 0 1 2 0 0
17/18 Nike L. - Conf. L. Playoff AS Trencin 2 1 0 0 0 210
17/18 Nike Liga - Champ. G. AS Trencin 7 0 0 1 0 0
17/18 Slovnaft Cup AS Trencin 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Champions League Qu. AS Trencin 3 1 1 0 0 219
16/17 Europa League Qualifying AS Trencin 2 1 0 0 0 170
16/17 Fortuna Liga AS Trencin 25 3 1 5 0 748
16/17 Slovnaft Cup AS Trencin 4 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Fortuna Liga AS Trencin 15 1 0 2 0 759
15/16 Slovnaft Cup AS Trencin 5 1 0 0 0 361
14/15 Fortuna Liga AS Trencin 18 0 0 1 0 0
14/15 Slovnaft Cup AS Trencin 5 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Beloften Eredivisie RKC Waalwijk U21 12 1 0 0 0 1,017
12/13 Beloften Eredivisie RKC Waalwijk U21 6 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Beloften nacompetitie RKC Waalwijk U21 15 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Beloften Eredivisie Sparta Rotterdam U21 5 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
03/04 2003-07-01 Arsenal Youth QPR Academy Transfer 0
08/09 2008-07-01 QPR Academy Haarlem Youth Transfer 0
09/10 2009-07-01 Haarlem Youth Ajax U18 Transfer 0
11/12 2011-07-01 Ajax U18 Sparta U21 Transfer 0
12/13 2012-07-01 Sparta U21 RKC U21 Transfer 0
14/15 2014-08-13 RKC U21 AS Trencin Transfer 0
18/19 2018-08-29 AS Trencin RSC Anderlecht Transfer 450000 €2.25m
19/20 2019-08-22 RSC Anderlecht FC St. Pauli Loan 1500000
19/20 2020-06-30 FC St. Pauli RSC Anderlecht Return from loan 800000
20/21 2020-10-01 RSC Anderlecht FC St. Pauli Transfer 800000 €500k
22/23 2022-07-22 FC St. Pauli 1.FC Nuremberg Transfer 800000
24/25 2024-08-25 1.FC Nuremberg Almere City Transfer 400000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
19/20 Knee surgery 2019-12-09 2020-02-22 76 7
19/20 Corona virus 2020-06-05 2020-06-21 17 4
20/21 Corona virus 2020-07-28 2020-08-11 15 1
20/21 Fitness 2020-08-12 2020-10-19 69 11
20/21 Corona virus 2020-12-20 2021-01-29 41 7
20/21 Muscle injury 2021-05-30 2021-06-30 32 6
21/22 stomach problems 2022-02-12 2022-02-20 9 2
21/22 unknown injury 2022-02-23 2022-03-30 36 7
21/22 unknown injury 2022-05-01 2022-05-06 6 0
22/23 Knee medial ligament tear 2022-11-14 2023-02-28 107 6
22/23 Capsular injury 2023-05-24 2023-05-27 4 0
23/24 Head injury 2023-08-20 2023-08-23 4 1
23/24 muscular problems 2023-09-03 2024-01-15 135 14
23/24 surgery 2024-01-16 2024-05-15 121 16
24/25 Calf injury 2024-10-03 2024-11-02 31 4
Current€300k
Peak€1.50m
Low€75k
Δ since start+€225k
€75k€431k€788k€1.14m€1.50m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €650k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €175k
Jan 1, 1970 €225k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #3864 #18 11 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Maximilian Dittgen 2 0 645
Abdul Zubairu 2 0 0
Mats Møller Dæhli 1 1 0
Sebastian Ohlsson 1 0 0
Luca Zander 1 0 0
Matus Bero 2 0 0
Dávid Guba 2 0 0
Leart Paçarada 2 0 0
Giorgi Beridze 2 0 0
Rico Benatelli 1 0 0
Daniel-Kofi Kyereh 2 0 0
Peter Cögley 2 0 0
Igor Semrinec 2 0 0
Aschraf El Mahdioui 2 0 0
Antonio Mance 2 1 0
Finn Becker 2 0 0
Jakub Holubek 2 0 0
Jakub Paur 2 0 0
Rangelo Janga 2 3 0
Martin Sulek 2 1 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
16/17 Fortuna Liga AS Trencin 3 25
15/16 Fortuna Liga AS Trencin 1 15
13/14 Beloften Eredivisie RKC Waalwijk U21 1 12

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
20/21 2. Bundesliga FC St. Pauli 2 19
17/18 Fortuna Liga AS Trencin 1 16
16/17 Champions League Qu. AS Trencin 1 3

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
19/20 2020-06-30 FC St. Pauli RSC Anderlecht Return from loan €800k
19/20 2019-08-22 RSC Anderlecht FC St. Pauli Loan €1.50m

Last 50 matches for Almere City FC The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2025-05-18 NL1 AZ 1–1 Almere City FC Available
2025-05-14 NL1 Almere City FC 1–1 Fortuna Sittard Available
2025-05-10 NL1 Almere City FC 0–3 Sparta Rotterdam Available
2025-04-27 NL1 Almere City FC 0–0 Go Ahead Eagles Available
2025-04-19 NL1 SC Heerenveen 2–1 Almere City FC Available
2025-04-12 NL1 PSV 5–0 Almere City FC Available
2025-04-05 NL1 Almere City FC 2–2 PEC Zwolle Available
2025-03-29 NL1 Willem II Tilburg 0–2 Almere City FC Available
2025-03-14 NL1 Almere City FC 1–1 NAC Breda Available
2025-03-09 NL1 FC Twente '65 1–0 Almere City FC Available
2025-03-02 NL1 Almere City FC 0–1 AFC Ajax Available
2025-02-22 NL1 Feyenoord Rotterdam 2–1 Almere City FC Available
2025-02-16 NL1 NEC 2–2 Almere City FC Available
2025-02-09 NL1 FC Utrecht 0–1 Almere City FC Available
2025-02-02 NL1 Almere City FC 1–4 RKC Waalwijk Available
2025-01-19 NL1 Almere City FC 0–2 Heracles Almelo Available
2025-01-12 NL1 FC Groningen 0–0 Almere City FC Available
2024-12-21 NL1 Almere City FC 3–0 SC Heerenveen Available
2024-12-15 NL1 AFC Ajax 3–0 Almere City FC Available
2024-12-08 NL1 Almere City FC 1–3 FC Utrecht Available
2024-11-30 NL1 NAC Breda 1–0 Almere City FC Available
2024-11-23 NL1 Go Ahead Eagles 3–0 Almere City FC Available
2024-11-10 NL1 Almere City FC 1–4 Feyenoord Rotterdam Available
2024-11-03 NL1 RKC Waalwijk 2–0 Almere City FC Available
2024-10-25 NL1 Almere City FC 1–0 NEC INJURED Calf injury
2024-10-19 NL1 Sparta Rotterdam 2–2 Almere City FC INJURED Calf injury
2024-10-04 NL1 Almere City FC 0–1 Willem II Tilburg INJURED Calf injury
2024-09-29 NL1 PEC Zwolle 1–0 Almere City FC Available
2024-09-22 NL1 Almere City FC 0–5 FC Twente '65 Available
2024-09-15 NL1 Heracles Almelo 0–0 Almere City FC Available
2024-08-31 NL1 Almere City FC 1–1 FC Groningen Available
2024-08-24 NL1 Almere City FC 1–7 PSV Available
2024-08-16 NL1 Fortuna Sittard 3–0 Almere City FC Available
2024-08-10 NL1 Almere City FC 0–1 AZ Available
2024-05-19 NL1 Almere City FC 1–4 NEC Available
2024-05-12 NL1 AFC Ajax 3–0 Almere City FC INJURED surgery
2024-05-03 NL1 Almere City FC 1–1 SC Heerenveen INJURED surgery
2024-04-24 NL1 FC Twente '65 3–1 Almere City FC INJURED surgery
2024-04-13 NL1 Almere City FC 2–3 Sparta Rotterdam INJURED surgery
2024-04-07 NL1 Go Ahead Eagles 1–1 Almere City FC INJURED surgery
2024-04-04 NL1 RKC Waalwijk 0–0 Almere City FC INJURED surgery
2024-03-31 NL1 Almere City FC 1–1 FC Volendam INJURED surgery
2024-03-16 NL1 SBV Vitesse 1–1 Almere City FC INJURED surgery
2024-03-09 NL1 Almere City FC 1–1 FC Utrecht INJURED surgery
2024-03-03 NL1 Heracles Almelo 2–2 Almere City FC INJURED surgery
2024-02-25 NL1 Almere City FC 0–2 Feyenoord Rotterdam INJURED surgery
2024-02-17 NL1 PEC Zwolle 0–1 Almere City FC INJURED surgery
2024-02-10 NL1 Almere City FC 0–0 AZ INJURED surgery
2024-02-02 NL1 Almere City FC 2–1 SBV Excelsior INJURED surgery
2024-01-27 NL1 PSV 2–0 Almere City FC INJURED surgery

Teams faced most often by James Lawrence's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
SV Sandhausen 12 4 5 3 15 17 -2 33%
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 12 6 2 4 21 19 +2 50%
Arminia Bielefeld 12 4 6 2 13 13 0 33%
VfL Bochum 12 5 5 2 16 11 +5 42%
Erzgebirge Aue 10 2 2 6 12 17 -5 20%
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 10 3 2 5 7 12 -5 30%
Dynamo Dresden 10 4 4 2 16 12 +4 40%
1. FC Union Berlin 10 2 2 6 12 19 -7 20%
1. FC Kaiserslautern 8 3 3 2 14 13 +1 38%
Fortuna Düsseldorf 8 3 2 3 13 8 +5 38%
Karlsruher SC 8 2 4 2 12 9 +3 25%
1. FC Nürnberg 8 3 3 2 6 7 -1 38%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
11/12 Senior debut season
13/14 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
20/21 19 0 4 1 0 0
19/20 14 1,006 1 0 0 0.09
18/19 35 540 3 0 0 0.5
17/18 29 210 3 0 0 1.29
16/17 34 1,137 5 0 0 0.4
15/16 20 1,120 2 0 0 0.16
14/15 23 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Fortuna Liga
77 apps
4 G
2 A
Europa League Qualifying
10 apps
2 G
1 A
2. Bundesliga
75 apps
1 G
4 A
Champions League Qu.
3 apps
1 G
1 A
Nike L. - Conf. L. Playoff
2 apps
1 G
0 A
Slovnaft Cup
16 apps
1 G
0 A
Beloften Eredivisie
23 apps
1 G
0 A
Eredivisie
26 apps
0 G
1 A
DFB-Pokal
7 apps
0 G
0 A
JPL Play-Offs I
5 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about James Lawrence

Who is James Lawrence?

James Lawrence is a Wales professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Almere City FC.

How old is James Lawrence?

James Lawrence is 33 years old. He was born on August 22, 1992 in Henley-on-Thames.

What position does James Lawrence play?

James Lawrence plays as a centre-back (Defender - Centre-Back).

What club does James Lawrence play for?

James Lawrence currently plays for Almere City FC.

How many career goals has James Lawrence scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, James Lawrence has scored 11 goals in 291 appearances.

What is James Lawrence's market value?

James Lawrence's most recent reported market value is €300k.