Lyle Foster

Lyle Brent Foster (born 3 September 2000) is a South African professional football player who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Burnley and the South Africa national team.

Lyle Foster
Personal information
Full name Lyle Brent Foster[1]
Date of birth (2000-09-03) 3 September 2000
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Burnley
Number 12
Youth career
0000–2017 Orlando Pirates
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Orlando Pirates 9 (1)
2019–2020 Monaco 2 (0)
2019–2020 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 18 (1)
2020–2022 Vitória de Guimarães 5 (0)
2021–2022 → Westerlo (loan) 23 (4)
2022–2023 Westerlo 21 (8)
2023– Burnley 10 (1)
International career‡
2016 South Africa U17 4 (1)
2017–2019 South Africa U20 7 (5)
2018– South Africa U23 1 (0)
2019– South Africa 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:37, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:55, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Having been promoted to the Orlando Pirates' first team for the 2017–18 season, Foster was named among English newspaper The Guardian's top 60 most promising young players in the world.[3] He signed for Monaco in January 2019 on a deal until June 2023,[4] where he would begin on the reserve team.[5]

On 30 August 2019, Foster joined Monaco's farm-club Cercle Brugge in Belgium on a season-long loan.[6][7]

On 13 August 2020, Foster became a new player of Vitória de Guimarães.[8] In 2021, he joined Westerlo on a season long loan until 30 June 2022.

In the summer of 2022, Foster moved to Westerlo on a permanent basis and signed a four-year contract with the club.[9]

In January 2023, Foster signed for EFL Championship club Burnley on a four-and-a-half year contract. In April 2023, Burnley fielded a rotated squad featuring Foster for a 0-0 draw with Reading and were subsequently accused of match fixing. [10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 29 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Orlando Pirates 2017–18[11] South African Premier Division 91200000111
Monaco 2018–19[11] Ligue 1 000000—00
2019–20[11] Ligue 1 200000—20
Total 200000—20
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2019–20[11] Belgian First Division A 18 1 1 0 — — 19 1
Vitória de Guimarães 2020–21[11] Primeira Liga 5 0 1 0 1 0 — 7 0
Westerlo (loan) 2021–22[11] Belgian First Division B 23431——265
Westerlo 2022–23[11] Belgian First Division A 21800——218
Total 441231——4713
Burnley 2022–23[11] Championship 10140——141
Career total 8815111100010016
  1. Includes Nedbank Cup, Belgian Cup, Taça de Portugal, FA Cup
  2. Includes Taça da Liga

International
As of matches played 20 March 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
South Africa 201830
202020
202110
202231
202312
Total103

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 June 2022Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco Morocco1–01–22023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.20 March 2023Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Liberia1–02–2
3.2–0

Honors

Westerlo

South Africa U20

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: South Africa" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. "L. Foster: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. "Pirates youngster named among world's best young talents". The Citizen (Zambia). 10 October 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  4. "Lyle Foster joins AS Monaco". AS Monaco. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 January 2019). "Lyle Foster: South African teenager signs for Monaco". BBC. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. "Panzo and Foster join Cercle Brugge". AS Monaco. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "JONATHAN PANZO EN LYLE FOSTER NAAR CERCLE BRUGGE!" (Press release) (in Dutch). Cercle Brugge. 30 August 2019.
  8. "Foster garantido por 5 épocas" (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Lyle Foster signs for 4 seasons". Westerlo. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  10. "Clarets-capture-foster". Burnley. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  11. Lyle Foster at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  12. Lyle Foster at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. "Welcome back les Campinois" (in French). Belgian Pro League. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  14. "GoalShouter | South Africa U20 - Mauritius U20 | Match report".


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