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Matthew Lam Personal information Date of birth 10 September 1989 Place of birth Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club JEF United
(on loan from FC Edmonton)Number 10 Youth career 2006–2008 Ajax 2008–2009 Sheffield United Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2009–2010 Croatia Sesvete 1 (0) 2010– FC Edmonton 0 (0) 2011– → JEF United (loan) 6 (0) National team‡ 2008 Canada U20 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 July 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:16, 28 November 2010 (UTC)Matthew "Matt" Lam (born September 10, 1989) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for JEF United in the Japanese J. League Division 2, on loan from FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League.
His father is a Hongkonger and his mother born in Edmonton.[1] His brother is Sam Lam, who currently plays in FC Edmonton.
Career
Born in Edmonton, Lam played youth football in the Netherlands for Ajax and in England for Sheffield United, and made his professional debut for Croatian side Croatia Sesvete in October 2009.[2] Lam returned to Canada to play for FC Edmonton in 2010, as the team prepared to join the North American Soccer League for the 2011 season. Lam left FC Edmonton in January 2011, moving on loan to Japanese team JEF United.[3]
Lam earned one cap for Canada U20 in November 2008.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Player profile". Canadian Soccer Association. http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/profile.asp?playerid=215. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ "Player profile". Soccerway. http://www.soccerway.com/players/matthew-lam/99742/. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ Sandor, Steven. "Big in Japan: Another FC Edmonton player leaves for JEF United". The 11. http://the11.ca/2011/02/07/big-in-japan-another-fc-edmonton-player-leaves-for-jef-united/. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
JEF United Ichihara Chiba – current squad 1 Okamoto · 2 Sakamoto · 3 Takeuchi · 4 R.Aoki · 5 Milligan · 6 Van Gessel · 7 Y.Sato · 8 Aarøy · 9 Fukai · 10 Lam · 11 Yonekura · 13 Yamaguchi · 14 Ota · 15 Fukumoto · 16 Hayashi · 17 Kushino · 18 K.Aoki · 19 Murai · 20 Ito · 21 Ōkubo · 22 Kubo · 23 Masuyama · 24 Fujimoto · 27 Watanabe · 28 Fujita · 30 S.Sato · 31 Ōshima · 32 Toshima · 33 Chano · Manager: Kambe
Categories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- Canadian people of Chinese descent
- Canadian soccer players
- J. League Division 2 players
- JEF United Ichihara Chiba players
- People from Edmonton
- FC Edmonton players
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