Tariq Kwame Nii-Lante Lamptey (born 30 September 2000) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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. Born in England, he plays for the Ghana national team. Previously a youth international for England, Lamptey switched allegiances to represent Ghana at senior international level and made his debut in 2022.

Club career

Chelsea

Lamptey was born in

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, Greater London. He was playing grassroots football for his local team, Larkspur Rovers, before joining the Chelsea academy at the age of eight. On 29 December 2019, Lamptey made his first-team debut away against

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in the

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, replacing

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in the 59th minute where he was a lively presence helping Chelsea come back from 1–0 down to win 2–1. Speaking to Chelsea TV after the game, Lamptey described how nervous he was making his debut: "My heart was racing, this is the moment me and my family have been waiting for." Lamptey became the seventh academy graduate to make a first-team appearance during

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's managerial tenure at Chelsea, following in the footsteps of

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and

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. Lamptey made two more appearances for Chelsea, both coming in the

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wins over

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at home and

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away before leaving the club.

Brighton and Hove Albion

On 31 January 2020, Lamptey signed for Premier League club

on a three-and-a-half-year contract. He made an impressive debut for Brighton in his first Premier League start, a 0–0 away draw against

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on 23 June – Brighton's second match back from the Premier League's temporary break due to the

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. Lamptey started in Brighton's opening match of the 2020–21 season against his former club Chelsea in which he set up

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's goal in a 3–1 home defeat. He scored his first goal on 1 November in a 2–1 Premier League defeat away to

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. Lamptey was sent off for the first time in his career on 21 November after receiving two yellow cards in the 2–1 away victory against

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. On 17 January 2021, Lamptey signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with Brighton. On 12 March, after being sidelined since picking up a hamstring injury in a 0–0 away draw against

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on 16 December 2020, it was announced that Lamptey would miss the remainder of the season due to the injury. Lamptey made his return to a matchday squad for the first time in nine months on 19 September 2021, remaining as an unused substitute in Brighton's 2–1 home win over Leicester. Three days later, he made his first competitive appearance since December 2020, starting and playing the first half of the 2–0 victory at home to

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in the EFL Cup third round. Lamptey made his first league appearance in 10 months on 16 October 2021, when he came on as a 59th-minute substitute in a 0–0 draw away to

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. He made his first Premier League start since returning from injury in a 1–1 home draw against

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on 6 November, playing 75 minutes. On 7 May, he came on as a 76th-minute substitute in Brighton's biggest top flight victory, a 4–0 home win over

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. Lamptey scored his second goal for Brighton with the team's third in a 3–1 victory away to Arsenal on 9 November in the EFL Cup third round. He did not start a Premier League match in the 2022–23 season until his 13th appearance, when he played the whole match in a 4–2 home loss to Arsenal on 31 December. On 4 March 2023, Lamptey limped off after 15 minutes off the 4–0 home win over

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, in what would be his last action of the season due to the knee injury, as Brighton went on to seal a spot in the

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. He made his return to action on 2 September 2023, Brighton's fourth match of the 2023–24 season. Coming on as a 77th minute substitute, he made some positive runs and also picking up a yellow card in the 3–1 home win over

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. On 9 June 2025, Lamptey extended his contract with Brighton until 30 June 2026.

International career

Lamptey was born in England to Ghanaian parents. He has been a youth international for England, having represented the Young Lions from under-18 to under-21 level. In July 2020, he was contacted by the

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about potentially switching allegiances to represent Ghana. However, on 8 September, Lamptey made his England under-21 debut, starting in a 2–1 away victory over

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in a 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier. After 18 months out of the under-21 team due to injury, he then made his return to the side in March 2022, taking part in the 2023 European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against

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and

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. In May 2022, it was announced that Lamptey was considering switching allegiances to Ghana, with England under-21 manager

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saying that Lamptey had "asked to be left out of the squad for a bit of head space." After months of further speculation, in July the president of the Ghana FA,

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, announced that Lamptey was one of the few players that were officially made eligible to represent Ghana. Lamptey made his debut on 23 September, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute, replacing

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in a 3–0 friendly loss against

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at the

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. On 14 November, Lamptey was named in Ghana's 26-man squad for the

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Chelsea U18 *

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: 2016–17, 2017–18 *

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: 2016–17, 2017–18 * U18 Premier League Cup: 2017–18

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Tariq Lamptey
at Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamptey, Tariq 2000 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Hillingdon People from Hillingdon English men's footballers Ghanaian men's footballers Ghanaian people of English descent English people of Ghanaian descent Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Black British sportsmen 21st-century Black British people Men's association football fullbacks Premier League players Chelsea F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players England men's youth international footballers England men's under-21 international footballers Ghana men's international footballers 2022 FIFA World Cup players 21st-century English sportsmen 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen