58 Facts About Quincy Promes

Quincy Anton Promes was born on 4 January 1992 and is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for UAE First Division League club United as a winger or forward, and previously represented the Netherlands at international level.

Quincy Promes is currently appealing criminal convictions for aggravated assault and drug trafficking.

Quincy Promes won his first major honor in 2017 as Spartak were crowned Russian Premier League champions.

In 2019, Quincy Promes signed for his boyhood club Ajax, where he regained form and was a key player.

Quincy Promes played for the Netherlands at UEFA Euro 2020.

Quincy Promes moved back to Spartak in 2021, and became the top scorer in Spartak's modern era two years later, as well as top foreign scorer in the history of RPL.

Quincy Promes has been subjected to criminal procedures during his career.

Later that year, Quincy Promes was criminally charged for being involved in cocaine trafficking, and found guilty in 2024.

Quincy Promes was persuaded by his mother to continue, leading him to sign for Haarlem.

Quincy Promes then joined Twente in 2009, where he started his professional career.

Quincy Promes said his decision to leave the club on loan was to help his development and hoped of getting first team football at his parent club.

Since making his debut, Quincy Promes quickly established himself in the starting eleven at the club, where he managed to dispatch Joran Pot and Sjoerd Overgoor in the midfield position.

Quincy Promes then scored two goals in two matches between 30 November 2012 and 16 December 2012 against FC Emmen and FC Volendam.

Quincy Promes did so again when he scored two goals in two matches between 18 February 2013 and 22 February 2013 against FC Oss and Helmond Sport.

Quincy Promes was the third leading scorer for the club from Deventer with 13 goals, and was named the league's biggest talent at the end of the year.

Quincy Promes then went on a goalscoring spree between 2 November 2013 and 29 November 2013 against NEC, PEC Zwolle, NAC Breda and Roda JC.

Quincy Promes later added two more goals later in the season against PSV Eindhoven and Utrecht.

Furthermore, should Quincy Promes' performances exceed expectations at the club, both Go Ahead Eagles and FC Twente would receive a payment.

Quincy Promes became the second Quincy in the club's history as his Amsterdam-born compatriot Quincy Owusu-Abeyie played for the club between 2006 and 2009.

Quincy Promes had to wait for two months to find the back of the net again when he scored against Arsenal Tula and followed up by scoring twice against Mordovia Saransk two weeks later.

Quincy Promes was awarded the Golden Boar for the first time.

Towards the end of the season, Quincy Promes switched his shirt number from 24 to 10 following the departure of Movsisyan.

Quincy Promes added eight more goals later in the season, including a brace against Dynamo Moscow, and goals against Ural Yekaterinburg and Terek Grozny.

Under the new management of Massimo Carrera, Quincy Promes continued to play in the attacking midfield position for the side.

At the start of the season, Quincy Promes scored five goals in eight appearances despite the club going through a poor run of form in the league.

Quincy Promes was then named Footballer of the Year in Russia on 20 December 2017.

On 31 August 2018, Quincy Promes joined La Liga side Sevilla on a five-year deal.

Quincy Promes ended the season with three goals and nine assists in 49 matches in all competitions.

Quincy Promes scored 8 goals in his opening 12 league matches of the season which included a hat-trick against Fortuna Sittard and 2 goals in the opening 2 matches of the Champions League group stage.

On 11 March 2023, Quincy Promes scored his 100th competitive goal for Spartak, shortly after playing his 200th match.

On 24 April 2023, Quincy Promes scored his 85th Russian Premier League goal, tying Vagner Love and Sardar Azmoun as the best foreign RPL scorers of all time.

On 7 May 2023, Quincy Promes scored his 86th, overtaking Vagner Love and Azmoun.

Quincy Promes finished the league season with 20 goals, three behind the top scorer Malcom.

On 4 September 2024, Quincy Promes joined UAE First Division League club Dubai United.

In March 2011, Quincy Promes was called up by Netherlands U19 for the first time.

Quincy Promes went on to make three appearances for the Netherlands U19 side.

Quincy Promes went on to make four appearances and scored once for the Netherlands U20 side.

Quincy Promes went on to make 10 appearances and scoring 8 times for the Netherlands U21 side.

In March 2014, Quincy Promes was called up by the senior team for the first time.

In May 2014, Quincy Promes was initially named by Manager Louis van Gaal for the provisional 30-man squad at FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Later in 2017, Quincy Promes scored two goals against Morocco and Luxembourg.

In November 2021, after Dutch prosecutors announced Quincy Promes faced a criminal trial, the national team announced he could not participate until his name was cleared.

Quincy Promes said he does not shout at his team-mates but rather gives them instructions.

Quincy Promes was the club's favourite that he earned a nickname: "Antokha".

Quincy Promes's father was a professional footballer in Suriname but after moving to Netherlands, he played amateur football.

Quincy Promes resided in Moscow with his wife, their three children, his mother and his brother.

Quincy Promes has said that he is good friends with Memphis Depay and that they speak with each other daily.

Quincy Promes has many tattoos on his body; on his abdomen there is tattooed the phrase "I believe in God".

In December 2020, Quincy Promes was detained as a suspect in a stabbing incident that had happened in July.

Quincy Promes denied involvement in the incident, but in November 2021 Dutch prosecutors concluded that he should be prosecuted.

Quincy Promes did not show up for the opening of his trial, opting to remain in Russia, with which the Netherlands does not have an extradition treaty.

On 19 June 2023, Quincy Promes was found guilty and sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment.

On 30 May 2023, the Dutch prosecution service confirmed that after conducting the drug trafficking investigation, they had decided to prosecute Quincy Promes, alleging that he had attempted to import over 1.3 metric tonnes of cocaine through the Antwerp port back in January 2020.

On 14 February 2024, Quincy Promes was sentenced to 6 years in prison after being found guilty of drug trafficking.

Quincy Promes's lawyers have announced their intention to appeal the verdict.

Quincy Promes has been put on the international wanted list, though the possibility of his extradition is assessed as low, in part because the Netherlands and Russia do not have a bilateral legal assistance treaty.

On 29 February 2024, Quincy Promes was detained at the Al Maktoum International Airport on suspicion of leaving the scene of a traffic accident.

Quincy Promes was returning to Russia from a mid-season camp the club held in the UAE prior to a match against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg on 2 March 2024, and had to depart without Quincy Promes, who subsequently missed the match.