Dennis Lawrence

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Personal information
Dennis Lawrence
Full name	Dennis Lawrence
Date of birth	August 1, 1974 (age 32)
Place of birth	Morvant, Trinidad and Tobago
Height	201cm
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	Swansea
Number	22
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-00 2001-06 2006-	Defence Force Wrexham Swansea	203(15) 15 (2)
National team²
2000-	Trinidad and Tobago	66 (4)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12 December 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Dennis Lawrence (born August 1, 1974) is a 6'7" Trinidad and Tobago football player, who has joined on a two year deal with Swansea City FC in the English Football League One.

Lawrence signed for Wrexham in 2001, joining from Defence Force of his native Trinidad, becoming the third Trinidadian at Wrexham along with Hector Sam and Carlos Edwards. After some poor performances when he first joined the club, the Tallman became a valued and popular player at the Welsh club, winning the 2003/4 Player of the Season award. He has also become the first Wrexham player to play at a World Cup, starting all three of his country's games.

Lawrence is an important player for the Trinidad and Tobago national team, having made his debut March 18, 2000. He was awarded the MVP (Most Valuable Player) award at the 2001 Caribbean Cup, which Trinidad and Tobago won. On November 16, 2005 he (in his 61st cap) scored the goal against Bahrain that awarded Trinidad and Tobago a ticket to the 2006 World Cup. He is also the player who approached Port Vale's Christopher Birchall and asked him if he was interested in representing Trinidad and Tobago (Chris' mother was born there).

He signed for Swansea City on 16th August 2006 after Swansea had lost central defender and skipper Garry Monk to injury. He made an impressive Swansea debut in a 2-0 win over Doncaster Rovers winning the Man of the Match award.

[edit] Trivia

Lawrence had trials at Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers FC before joining Wrexham AFC in 2001.[1]
Dennis signed with Wrexham AFC for a fee of £100,000. [2]
Lawrence was also named the Copa Caribe 2001 MVP player of the Tournament.
Lawrence was named Wrexham's player of the season for the 2003/2004 season.
Lawrence also scored the goal that sent T&T to the 2006 world cup finals in Germany, it was a great header of a Dwight Yorke corner during a play-off game with Asia's Bahrain.
Dennis signed with Swansea on August 16, 2006 and played his first match with Swansea on 19 August playing against Doncaster.

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	Trinidad and Tobago squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Hislop \| 2 Cox \| 3 A. John \| 4 Andrews \| 5 Sancho \| 6 Lawrence \| 7 Birchall \| 8 Gray \| 9 Whitley \| 10 Latapy \| 11 Edwards \| 12 Samuel \| 13 Glen \| 14 S. John \| 15 Jones \| 16 Wise \| 17 Charles \| 18 Theobald \| 19 Yorke \| 20 Scotland \| 21 Jack \| 22 Ince \| 23 Wolfe \| Coach: Beenhakker

Swansea City A.F.C. - Current Squad
1 Guéret \| 2 Amankwaah \| 3 Austin \| 4 O'Leary \| 5 Tate \| 6 Iriekpen \| 7 Britton \| 8 Pratley \| 9 Akinfenwa \| 10 Trundle \| 11 Abbott \| 12 Watt \| 14 Painter \| 15 Williams \| 16 Monk \| 17 Tudur-Jones \| 18 Robinson \| 19 Way \| 20 MacDonald \| 21 Jones \| 22 Lawrence \| 24 Duffy \| 26 Oakes \| 27 Graves \| 28 Butler \| 29 Craney \| 30 Duffy \| 34 Howard \| Manager: Martínez