Lyle Lakay (born 17 August 1991) is a South African professional soccer player who plays a midfielder for Cape Town City in the Premier Soccer League.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lyle Lakay | ||
Date of birth | (1991-08-17) 17 August 1991 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa[1] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Cape Town City | ||
Number | 24 | ||
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) |
2018–2022 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 103 | (8) |
2022– | Cape Town City | 1 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | South Africa U20 | 3 | (0) |
2015– | South Africa | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 April 2022 |
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."
In 2011, he was called up to the South Africa U-20 team for the 2011 African Youth Championship.
Cape Town City F.C. (2016) – current squad | |
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