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Quincy Anton Promes (born 4 January 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow. He used to represent the Netherlands national team at international level. Promes started his career with Twente in 2011 where he spent three seasons before moving to Russian club Spartak Moscow in the summer of 2014. That year he also won his first senior cap for the Netherlands in March 2014, in a 2–0 friendly defeat against France. Promes won his first major honour in 2017 as Spartak were crowned Russian Premier League champions. He was named Footballer of the Year in Russia in 2017 and finished the 2017–18 season as Russian Premier League top scorer. In total, he amassed 135 appearances and scored 66 goals over a four-year stint with Spartak. He signed for Spanish club Sevilla in 2018 for a reported €20 million but struggled for form there. Promes returned to his native Netherlands in the summer of 2019 by signing for his boyhood club Ajax, where he regained form and was a key player. He then represented the Netherlands at UEFA Euro 2020. Promes moved back to Spartak Moscow in 2021 amidst legal complications unrelated to football, as a result of which he was also forced to pause his international career.