Wayde Lekay
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 May 1997 | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Trollhättan | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2008 | Avendale Athletico[1] | ||
| 2009–2014 | Vasco da Gama[2] | ||
| 2017 | SuperSport United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Tygerberg | ||
| 2015–2017 | Atlantic Nacional | ||
| 2019–2020 | Steenberg United | 24 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | TS Galaxy | 45 | (7) |
| 2022–2023 | Cape Town City | 8 | (1) |
| 2023– | Trollhättan | 13 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2024 | |||
Wayde Lekay (born 9 May 1997) is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for Trollhättan in Sweden.
He started his senior career in the Second Division with Tygerberg and Atlantic Nacional. In 2017 he was on trial at Bidvest Wits.[3] He ended up joining SuperSport United and played for their reserves. He moved on to National First Division outfit Steenberg United before joining his first Premier Division club in 2020, TS Galaxy. Stating that his goal for the 2020-21 South African Premier Division was to score 20 goals,[4] he made his first-tier debut in October 2020 and also scored his first goal in that match.[5]
During the summer of 2022, he was on a much-publicized trial with Kaizer Chiefs[6] and also Royal AM, before joining Cape Town City. He played several league games before the World Cup break in late 2022. In the spring of 2023, he was released after Cape Town City brought in Juan Zapata and Bertrand Mani. Lekay first trained with Cape Town Spurs.[7][8] In the summer of 2023 he went to Sweden, first on trial with Helsingborgs IF, where the manager Stuart Baxter was intimately familiar with South African soccer. Lekay ended up joining FC Trollhättan in the Ettan.[9][10] There were significant weather and cultural differences in this environment.[11][12]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Wayde Lekay" (in Swedish). Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ theplayersagent.com
- ^ "Bidvest Wits Are Taking Wayde Lekay On Trial". Soccer Laduma. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Delport, Rob (18 November 2020). "Lofty Ambitions For Lekay At TS Galaxy". iDiski Times. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Wayde Lekay at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Gwegwe, Siseko (10 July 2022). "Kaizer Chiefs welcome former TS Galaxy striker Lekay". The South African. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Makonco, Sinethemba (14 March 2023). "City Part Ways With Lekay". iDiski Times. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Makonco, Sinethemba (15 April 2023). "Lekay Surfaces At New Club After City Exit". iDiski Times. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Lundblad, Gustav (21 July 2023). "Vem är Wayde Lekay, anfallaren som provspelar med HIF?" (in Swedish). Skåne-Sport. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Molefe, Mazola (21 August 2023). "Free agent Wayde Lekay completes Swedish move". SABC Sport. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Ohlsson, Gabriel (27 July 2023). "Skilda världar för HIF:s sydafrikanska provspelare". Helsingborgs Dagblad. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Från 30 plus till nollan och snö". TTELA. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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