Lyle Lakay (born 17 August 1991) is a South African professional

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player who plays a

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for

SuperSport United SuperSport United Football Club (often known as SuperSport) is a South African professional association football, football club based in Atteridgeville in Pretoria in the Gauteng province. The team currently plays in the South African Premier Di ...

in the

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Club career

Lakay is a product of the

's youth academy, he was promoted to the first team in 2009 but spent the 2009–10 season with

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side

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. For the 2010–11 season he returned to Supersport United. After another loan spell with FC Cape Town, Lakay joined

Bloemfontein Celtic Bloemfontein Celtic Football Club (simply known as Celtic) is a South African soccer club based in Bloemfontein. Bloemfontein Celtic had a large fan base in the Free State and competed in the Premiership before selling their status to Royal ...

in 2012. He is expected to sign for the big spending

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side,

Mamelodi Sundowns FC Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premiership, the first tier of South African football league syste ...

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 2023, he returned to his former club SuperSport United for free.

International career

In 2011, he was called up to the South Africa U-20 team for the

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* 1991 births Living people South African men's 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 21st-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-footy-midfielder-stub