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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Robin Kwamina Quaison | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (age 32) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward,attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||||||
Robin Kwamina Quaison (/ˈkweɪsən/,KWAY-sən; born 9 October 1993) is a Swedish professionalfootballer who plays as aforward,attacking midfielder orleft winger.
Born in Stockholm to aGhanaian father and a Swedish mother,[1] he is childhood friends with rapperDree Low.
Quaison started his professional career in 2011 on loan atVäsby United.[2]
Quaison joinedAIK in 1997. He made his first match forAIK on 1 April 2012, as a substitute in a 0–0 draw againstMjällby. He scored his first goal on 20 May the same year, in a 5–2 victory againstIFK Norrköping. His second goal came in the 3–1 win againstBK Häcken on 8 July 2012.
He madeEuropa League his debut in a 4–0 loss toNapoli on 20 September 2012 before going on to playing a further five times in theEuropa League cup run. He received the first red card of his career againstHalmstads 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 againstManchester United in a 1–1 draw during a pre-season friendly.[3]
In July 2014 Quaison moved to theSerie A clubPalermo, signing a three-year contract, having been previously linked withStoke City,[4]Leeds andQPR.[1]
On 31 January 2017, Quaison signed a 4.5-year contract withBundesliga sideMainz 05.[5]
On 17 December 2019, Quaison scored his first career hat-trick in a 5–0Bundesliga victory overWerder Bremen.[6]
On 16 May 2021, Quaison scored the sole Mainz goal, a second-half stoppage time penalty, in a 3–1Bundesliga loss toBorussia 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 withYunus Mallı andMohamed Zidan.[7]
In July 2021, Quaison signed a contract withSaudiPro League clubAl Ettifaq.[8]
On 21 August 2021, Quaison scored his first goal for his new club in a 3–3 draw againstAl-Shabab.
On 23 September 2024, Quaison signed a two year contract with the GreekSuper 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 overLamia.[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 23 January 2013, Quaison made his debut for theSweden national team, againstNorth Korea in the2013 King's Cup. Three days later he scored his first goal for Sweden in a 3–0 victory againstFinland in the final of the tournament.
In 2015, Quaison was part of theSweden U21 team that won theUEFA European Under-21 Championship in theCzech Republic.[13] He made four appearances during the tournament, coming on as a substitute in each, and scored one goal in the semi-finals againstDenmark.[14]
In 2016, he competed for theSweden Olympic team at the2016 Summer Olympics.[15]
In March 2019, Quaison made his competitive Sweden national team debut as he played in the first two rounds of theEuro 2020 qualifiers. Quaison had a successful debut, scoring one goal againstRomania in a 2–1 win, and following that up with one goal against rivalsNorway in a 3–3 draw.[16][17] In total, Quaison scored five goals as Sweden qualified forEuro 2020.[18]
| 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 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.[20]
| 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 |
Sweden U21
In 2021, to coincide with the rescheduledUEFA 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 theJärva 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 ofvulnerable areas.[23]
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