Lyle Lakay

Lyle Lakay

Personal information
Full name	Lyle Lakay
Date of birth	17 August 1991
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Playing position	Left-winger
Club information
Current team	Bloemfontein Celtic
Number	7
Youth career
	Stephanians Ottery
	Hellenic FC
	Old Mutual Academy
-2009	SuperSport United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009–2012	SuperSport United[1]	3	(0)
2009–2010	→FC Cape Town (loan)	?	(?)
2011–2012	→FC Cape Town (loan)	?	(?)
2012-	Bloemfontein Celtic	0	(0)
National team^‡
2011 -	South Africa U-20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 June 2012. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 August 2010

Lyle Lakay (born 17 August 1991 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a South African football (soccer) midfielder for Bloemfontein Celtic in the Premier Soccer League.^[2]

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 FC 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 the 14th of 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

1. "ABSA Premiership 2010/11 – Lyle Lakay Player Profile". ABSA Premiership. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
2. http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/south-africa/absa-premiership/players/2012-2013/bloemfontein-celtic/lyle-lakay.html

3.http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/article/south-africa/lakay-for-sundowns-trial/140092