Lyle Brent Foster (born 3 September 2000) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Belgian First Division A club Westerlo and the South Africa national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lyle Brent Luzuko Foster | ||
Date of birth | (2000-09-03) 3 September 2000 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Noordgesig, South Africa | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Westerlo | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2017 | Orlando Pirates | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Orlando Pirates | 9 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Monaco | 2 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Monaco B | 8 | (2) |
2019–2020 | → Cercle Brugge (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2020–2022 | Vitória de Guimarães | 5 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Vitória de Guimarães B | 4 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Westerlo (loan) | 23 | (4) |
2022– | Westerlo | 3 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | South Africa U17 | 4 | (1) |
2017– | South Africa U20 | 7 | (5) |
2018– | South Africa U23 | ||
2019– | South Africa | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:36, 25 April 2022 (UTC) |
Having been promoted to the Pirates' first team for the 2017–18 season, Foster was named among English newspaper The Guardian's top 60 most promising young players in the world.[2] He signed for Monaco in January 2019 on a deal until June 2023,[3] where he would begin on the reserve team.[4]
On 30 August 2019, Foster joined Monaco's farm-club Cercle Brugge in Belgium on a season-long loan.[5][6]
On 13 August 2020, Foster became a new player of Vitória de Guimarães.[7] In 2021, he joined Westerlo on a season long loan until 30 June 2022.[citation needed]
In the summer of 2022, Foster moved to Westerlo on a permanent basis and signed a four-year contract with the club.[8]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Orlando Pirates | 2017–18 | South African Premier Division | 9 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
Monaco B | 2018–19 | Championnat National 2 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | |||
Monaco | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Cercle Brugge (loan) | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 18 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
Vitória de Guimarães | 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 5 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Vitória de Guimarães B | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Westerlo (loan) | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division B | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 5 | ||
Total | 69 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 9 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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South Africa | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |
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