Robin Quaison
Swedish footballer (born 1993)
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Robin Kwamina Quaison (/ˈkweɪsən/, KWAY-sən; born 9 October 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays UAE First Division League side Gulf United as a forward, attacking midfielder or left winger.
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| Full name | Robin Kwamina Quaison | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 October 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Gulf United | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–2010 | AIK | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | AIK | 51 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | → Väsby United (loan) | 17 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Palermo | 66 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Mainz 05 | 123 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Al-Ettifaq | 65 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Aris | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Gulf United | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Sweden U19 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Sweden U21/O | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2023 | Sweden | 52 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:08, 20 November 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Early life
Club career
Quaison started his professional career in 2011 on loan at Väsby United.[2]
AIK
Quaison joined AIK in 1997. He made his first match for AIK on 1 April 2012, as a substitute in a 0–0 draw against Mjällby. He scored his first goal on 20 May the same year, in a 5–2 victory against IFK Norrköping. His second goal came in the 3–1 win against BK Häcken on 8 July 2012.
He made UEFA Europa League his debut in a 4–0 loss to Napoli on 20 September 2012 before going on to playing a further five times in the Europa League cup run. He received the first red card of his career against Halmstads BK in a 3–3 draw. He finished his second season making 28 appearances in all competitions.
On 6 August 2013, Quaison scored a long-distance goal against Manchester United in a 1–1 draw during a pre-season friendly.[3]
Palermo
In July 2014 Quaison moved to the Serie A club Palermo, signing a three-year contract, having been previously linked with Stoke City,[4] Leeds and QPR.[1]
Mainz 05
On 31 January 2017, Quaison signed a 4.5-year contract with Bundesliga side Mainz 05.[5]
On 17 December 2019, Quaison scored his first career hat-trick in a 5–0 Bundesliga victory over Werder Bremen.[6]
On 16 May 2021, Quaison scored the sole Mainz goal, a second-half stoppage time penalty, in a 3–1 Bundesliga loss to Borussia Dortmund, for his thirtieth goal for the club. In doing so, he became the sole all-time top Bundesliga goalscorer for Mainz, breaking a tie with Yunus Mallı and Mohamed Zidan.[7]
Al Ettifaq
In July 2021, Quaison signed a contract with Saudi Pro League club Al Ettifaq.[8]
On 21 August 2021, Quaison scored his first goal for his new club in a 3–3 draw against Al-Shabab.
Aris
On 23 September 2024, Quaison signed a two year contract with the Greek Super League 1 club, Aris Thessaloniki.[9]
He played his first match for the club on 5 October 2024 when he came in from the bench in the 87th minute in a 2-0 win over Lamia.[10]
On 22 April 2025[11] and again on 22 August 2025,[12] Swedish media reported that the club wanted to cancel Quaison’s contract. In both cases they cited Greek newspaper Gazzetta as a source. On neither of these occasions was an official statement made by the club or player.
On 22 December 2025, Swedish newspaper Expressen reported that Quaison and his former club, AIK had been in touch with each other about a possible return to Sweden.[13]
Gulf United
On 6 February 2026, Quaison signed a contract with UAE First Division League club Gulf United.[14]
International career
On 23 January 2013, Quaison made his debut for the Sweden national team, against North Korea in the 2013 King's Cup. Three days later he scored his first goal for Sweden in a 3–0 victory against Finland in the final of the tournament.
In 2015, Quaison was part of the Sweden U21 team that won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic.[15] He made four appearances during the tournament, coming on as a substitute in each, and scored one goal in the semi-finals against Denmark.[16]
In 2016, he competed for the Sweden Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[17]
In March 2019, Quaison made his competitive Sweden national team debut as he played in the first two rounds of the Euro 2020 qualifiers. Quaison had a successful debut, scoring one goal against Romania in a 2–1 win, and following that up with one goal against rivals Norway in a 3–3 draw.[18][19] In total, Quaison scored five goals as Sweden qualified for Euro 2020.[20]
Personal life
In 2021, to coincide with the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020, the Quaison Foundation was set up by the player and four other childhood friends. Their aim was to provide support for young people in the Järva borough of Stockholm where the player himself had grown up.[21] One initiative was to give out 8000 Christmas presents, including pens and sports clothes, to school children in the area.[22] The suburb has a history of social deprivation and featured on the Police’s 2021 list of vulnerable areas.[23]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 22 September 2023[24]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Väsby United | 2011 | Division 1 Norra | 17 | 8 | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | 18 | 8 | ||
| AIK | 2012 | Allsvenskan | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| 2013 | Allsvenskan | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 5 | |||
| 2014 | Allsvenskan | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| Total | 51 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 8 | ||
| Palermo | 2014–15 | Serie A | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | Serie A | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17 | Serie A | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 4 | |||
| Total | 66 | 7 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 70 | 8 | ||||
| Mainz 05 | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||
| 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 30 | 9 | |||
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 32 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 13 | |||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 30 | 7 | |||
| Total | 123 | 31 | 7 | 3 | – | – | 130 | 34 | ||||
| Al-Ettifaq | 2021–22 | Saudi Pro League | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 7 | ||
| 2022–23 | Saudi Pro League | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 6 | |||
| 2023–24 | Saudi Pro League | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 3 | |||
| Total | 54 | 16 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 56 | 16 | ||||
| Career total | 311 | 69 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 337 | 75 | ||
- Includes Svenska Cupen, Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal, King Cup
- Appearance in Division 1 Norra relegation play-offs
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in Svenska Supercupen
International
- As of match played 19 November 2023[25]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Sweden | 2013 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 16 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 | |
| Total | 52 | 14 | |
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.[25]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 26 January 2013 | 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand |  Finland | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2013 King's Cup |
| 2. | 21 January 2014 | Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |  Iceland | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 3. | 23 March 2019 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden |  Romania | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
| 4. | 26 March 2019 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Norway | 3–2 | 3–3 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
| 5. | 7 June 2019 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden |  Malta | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
| 6. | 5 September 2019 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Faroe Islands | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
| 7. | 15 November 2019 | Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania | Romania | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
| 8. | 17 November 2020 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France |  France | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A |
| 9. | 29 May 2021 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden | Finland | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 10. | 8 September 2021 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece |  Greece | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 11. | 9 October 2021 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden |  Kosovo | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 12. | 24 March 2022 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden |  Czech Republic | 1–0 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 13. | 16 June 2023 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden |  New Zealand | 2–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 14. | 9 September 2023 | Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia |  Estonia | 4–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
Honours
Sweden U21
