Michael Lamey (born 29 November 1979) is a Dutch professional

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and former

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who played as a

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. He is currently in charge of

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's under-21 team.

Playing career

Born in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

, Lamey began his professional career with

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

, before making moves to

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...

and

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

. After his transfer from PSV to Duisburg, the two teams played in a pre-season friendly and Lamey scored an own goal in favour of his previous team. The club was relegated at the end of his first season. He left Arminia Bielefeld at the end of the 2009–10 season following their failure to regain instant promotion back to the German Bundesliga. On 9 August 2010, Lamey joined

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after impressing the club in a two-week trial. On 11 August, he was part of the reserves squad that won the Totesport.com Cup in a 2–1 win over

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reserves at Quorn FC. After an unsuccessful year with only seven league appearances, he moved to

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. They currently compete in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system, ...

in July 2011. At the end of the season, his contract was not extended, leaving him without a club for a few months. In October 2012, Lamey returned to the Netherlands and signed a three-year contract with his former club RKC Waalwijk in the Eredivisie until the end of June 2015.

Managerial career

After his retirement in 2014, Lamey pursued a career in coaching. In 2018, he began working as a coach in the youth department of

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. The following year, he was promoted to manager of Jong FC Eindhoven, the second team of the club. He was dismissed from the position in January 2020, and replaced by Eric Addo.

Personal life

His mother is

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Honours

Utrecht *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; ), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside the N ...

: 2003–04 PSV *

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07 * KNVB Cup: 2004–05

References

External links

Voetbal International profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamey, Michael 1979 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Dutch people of Nigerian descent Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football fullbacks RKC Waalwijk players PSV Eindhoven players AZ Alkmaar players FC Utrecht players MSV Duisburg players Arminia Bielefeld players Wisła Kraków players Leicester City F.C. players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Eredivisie players English Football League players Ekstraklasa players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Poland Dutch football managers