| Intro | South African association football player |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 4 September 2000, Soweto, South Africa |
| Age: | 19 years |
| Star sign | Virgo |
Lyle Brent Foster (born 3 September 2000) is a South African professional footballer who plays as a forward in Belgium for Cercle Brugge on loan from Ligue 1 side Monaco and the South Africa national team.
Club career
Having been promoted to the 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.
He signed for Monaco in January 2019 on a deal until June 2023, where he would begin on the reserve team.
On 30 August 2019 he joined Monaco’s farm-club Cercle Brugge in Belgium on a season-long loan.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 5 November 2017
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Orlando Pirates | 2017–18 | ABSA Premiership | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | |
| Monaco B | 2018–19 | Championnat National 2 | 8 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Total | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | ||
- Notes
International
- As of matches played 26 June 2018.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honors
South Africa U20
- COSAFA U-20 Cup:2017