Awuley Quaye
{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer (died 2024)}}
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| full_name = Emanuel Awuley Quaye
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| position = Defender
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| clubs1 = Accra Great Olympics
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Emanuel Awuley Quaye (died 25 March 2024), known as Awulley Senior Quaye, was a Ghanaian international footballer. He captained the Ghana team as they won the 1978 African Cup of Nations.{{cite news|publisher=Ghanaian Times|title=Flashback!! 'George's Africa Cup'...Glorious Awuley Quaye Snr.|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202011260231.html|date=25 November 2020}} He played club football as a defender for Accra Great Olympics.{{cite web|website=ghanamuseum.com|title=Ghana Black Stars win the AFCON for keeps in 1978|url=https://ghanaianmuseum.com/ghana-black-stars-became-the-first-country-to-win-the-african-cup-of-nations-afcon-for-keeps/|date=16 March 2020}}{{cite news|publisher=Daily Graphic|title=Akwei Maclean — Still active|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4xYEFnLx1mEC|page=8|date=30 December 1997}} Awuley was the father of Abdullah Quaye and Lawrence Quaye.{{cite web|website=modernghana.com|title=Ghana Loses Great Footballer, Lawrence Quaye To Qatar|url=https://www.modernghana.com/sports/923741/ghana-loses-great-footballer-lawrence-quaye-to-qatar.html|date=30 March 2019}} He died on 25 March 2024.[https://ghanasoccernet.com/ghana-mourns-passing-of-football-legend-emanuel-awuley-quaye Ghana mourns passing of football legend Emanuel Awuley Quaye]
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{{Ghana squad 1978 African Cup of Nations}}
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Category:Year of birth missing
Category:Ghanaian men's footballers
Category:Ghana men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
Category:1978 African Cup of Nations players
Category:Accra Great Olympics F.C. players
Category:20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen
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