Lyle Lakay
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lyle Lakay | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa[1] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stephanians Ottery | |||
| Hellenic FC | |||
| Old Mutual Academy | |||
| –2009 | SuperSport United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | SuperSport United[2] | 14 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Cape Town (loan) | ||
| 2011–2012 | → Cape Town (loan) | ||
| 2012–2017 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 93 | (8) |
| 2017–2018 | Cape Town City | 28 | (2) |
| 2018– | Mamelodi Sundowns | 103 | (8) |
| 2022–2023 | → Cape Town City (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | South Africa U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015– | South Africa | 7 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 July 2023 | |||
Lyle Lakay (born 17 August 1991) is a South African professional soccer player who plays a midfielder for Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League.
Club career
He is a product of the SuperSport United's youth academy, he was promoted to the first team in 2009 but spent the 2009–10 season with National First Division side Cape Town. For the 2010–11 season he returned to Supersport United. After another loan spell with FC Cape Town, Lakay joined Bloemfontein Celtic in 2012. He is expected to sign for the big spending Pretoria side, Mamelodi Sundowns FC during the January transfer window 2014. On 14 November 2013, the player was quoted to have said, "Yes, I arrived today in Tshwane, but I will start training with Sundowns tomorrow (Friday). I hope everything will go well."
International career
In 2011, he was called up to the South Africa U-20 team for the 2011 African Youth Championship.
References
- ^ a b "Lyle Lakay". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "ABSA Premiership 2010/11 – Lyle Lakay Player Profile". ABSA Premiership. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
External links
- Lyle Lakay at Soccerway
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- South African soccer players
- Soccer players from Cape Town
- Men's association football midfielders
- SuperSport United F.C. players
- F.C. Cape Town players
- Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. players
- Cape Town City F.C. (2016) players
- Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players
- South African Premier Division players
- National First Division players
- South Africa men's international soccer players
- Cape Coloureds
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