Lyle Lakay

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| name = Lyle Lakay

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|08|17}}

| birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa{{NFT player|61034|access-date=6 April 2022}}

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Left winger

| currentclub = SuperSport United

| clubnumber = 12

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Stephanians Ottery

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Hellenic FC

| youthyears3 =

| youthclubs3 = Old Mutual Academy

| youthyears4 = –2009

| youthclubs4 = SuperSport United

| years1 = 2009–2012

| clubs1 = SuperSport United{{cite web |url=http://absapremiership.ensight.co.za/live/content.php?Item_ID=4151 |title=ABSA Premiership 2010/11 – Lyle Lakay Player Profile |publisher=ABSA Premiership |accessdate=17 December 2010 |archive-date=7 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007095841/http://absapremiership.ensight.co.za/live/content.php?Item_ID=4151 |url-status=dead }}

| caps1 = 14

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2009–2010

| clubs2 = → Cape Town (loan)

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2011–2012

| clubs3 = → Cape Town (loan)

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2012–2017

| clubs4 = Bloemfontein Celtic

| caps4 = 93

| goals4 = 8

| years5 = 2017–2018

| clubs5 = Cape Town City

| caps5 = 28

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2018–2023

| clubs6 = Mamelodi Sundowns

| caps6 = 103

| goals6 = 8

| years7 = 2022–2023

| clubs7 = → Cape Town City (loan)

| caps7 = 18

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2023–

| clubs8 = SuperSport United

| caps8 = 28

| goals8 = 4

| nationalyears1 = 2011

| nationalteam1 = South Africa U20

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2015–

| nationalteam2 = South Africa

| nationalcaps2 = 11

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| club-update = 1 August 2024

| nationalteam-update = 16 November 2023

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Lyle Lakay (born 17 August 1991) is a South African professional soccer player who plays a midfielder for SuperSport United in the Premier Soccer League.

Club career

Lakay 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 2023, he returned to his former club SuperSport United for free.{{cite web | url=https://www.snl24.com/kickoff/sanews/premiership/supersport-utd/lyle-lakay-outlines-his-move-from-sundowns-to-supersport-united-20230908 | title=Lakay: I left Downs for free }}