Gerwin Lake

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Gerwin Lake
Personal information
Full name Gerwin Darrel Miguel Lake
Date of birth (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Netherlands
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Spijkenisse
Youth career
0000–2014 Spijkenisse
2014–2015 Spartaan '20
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 VV Oude Maas
2016–2017 Dordrecht 0 (0)
2017 VV Oude Maas
2017–2018 Excelsior Maassluis 13 (3)
2018–2021 Poortugaal 65 (31)
2021 Flames United 5 (2)
2021–2024 Poortugaal 62 (31)
2024– Spijkenisse
International career‡
2019– Sint Maarten 24 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2024

Gerwin Darrell Miguel "Smally" Lake (born 9 April 1996) is a footballer who plays as a winger for Spijkenisse. Born in the Netherlands, he represented for the Sint Maarten national team. [1]

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Club career

Lake played for the youth teams of VV Spijkenisse. After not being promoted to the first team, he joined Spartaan '20 and played for the A1 team. He left the club and joined VV Oude Maas in 2015. Lake drew the attention of FC Dordrecht of the Eredivisie because of his scoring rate at Oude Maas. He joined Dordrecht in 2016 but left after only one season that was plagued by injury. Although he did not make an appearance for Dordrecht's first team, he did appear for the reserve side, scoring the game-winner from a volley in a 2–1 victory over PEC Zwolle's reserve team. [2]

After a half-season return to VV Oude Maas, [3] he then joined Excelsior Maassluis of the Tweede Divisie from 2017 to 2018. [4] Lake was reportedly a player of interest to Excelsior before he joined FC Dordrecht after scoring over 15 goals and topping the scoring charts with VV Oude Maas in 2016. [5] In total he made 13 league appearances for Maassluis, scoring 3 goals. He also made an appearance in the 2017–18 KNVB Cup as Maassluis was knocked out with a second preliminary round defeat to FC Lisse. [6] Both player and club management had high expectations for the attacking player at his signing, with Lake predicting that he would score 10 to 15 goals that season. [7]

In February 2018 it was announced that Lake would leave Excelsior Maassluis and sign for SV Poortugaal, a club formed from the merger of PSV Poortugaal and his former club VV Oude Maas. [8] Lake cited a lack of playing time as his reason for leaving the club. [4] Lake found his scoring touch again with Poortugaal in 2019, including a four-goal match against RKVV Westlandia on 19 January. [9]

In January 2021 Lake signed a contract extension with SV Poortugaal for the 2020–21 Hoofdklasse season [10] In May of that year he joined Flames United for a short stint ahead of the club’s 2021 Caribbean Club Championship campaign. He started and played the full 90 minutes of the team’s opening match, a 1–11 defeat to O&M FC of the Dominican Republic. [11] He repeated the performance two days later as Flames United was hammered 0–12 by Inter Moengotapoe of Suriname. [12]

Lake again renewed his contract with SV Poortugaal for the 2021–22 Hoofdklasse season. [13]

International career

Lake was first called up to the Sint Maarten national team in March 2019. He qualifies to represent the nation through his Curaçaon father and Sint Maartener mother. [14] He reached out to a representative of the Sint Maarten Soccer Association and was one of approximately thirty players invited to a tryout in the Dutch town of Zeist. [15] He made his first international appearance for the team on 23 March 2019 in a 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying match against Saint Martin. He started the match and scored his first two international goals in the eventual 4–3 victory. [16] Lake scored at least one goal in each of his first five matches for Sin Maarten for a total of seven goals over that span. [1] [ dead link ‍]

Following the conclusion of the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League, Lake was named to League C’s Best XI because of his eight goals scored. This was the highest goal tally of any player in any league of the tournament. [17] Sint Maarten ended the campaign as the winners of Group A and were set to participate in 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification and the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B. [18]

With eighteen international goals, he is Sint Maarten’s all-time leading goal scorer and has already been described as a “historic figure” for the nation.

International goals

Scores and results list Sint Maarten's goal tally first. [19]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
123 March 2019 Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley, AnguillaFlag of France.svg  Saint Martin 2–14–3 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying
24–2
37 September 2019 Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes, GuadeloupeFlag of Guadeloupe (local).svg  Guadeloupe 1–41–5 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C
410 October 2019 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, CuraçaoFlag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands 1–02–5
52–1
614 October 2019Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg  Guadeloupe 1–21–2
714 November 2019 TCIFA National Academy, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos IslandsFlag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands 1–02–3
811 June 2022 Stadion Rignaal 'Jean' Francisca, Willemstad, Curaçao1–08–2 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League C
93–0
104–1
116–2
1225 March 2023 Bethlehem Soccer Stadium, Saint Croix, United States Virgin IslandsFlag of Bonaire.svg  Bonaire 2–06–1
134–0
146–1
1528 March 2023Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 1–02–1
1612 October 2023 Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley, AnguillaFlag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–12–3 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B
1719 November 2023 Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet, Saint LuciaFlag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 2–12–1
186 September 2024 Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto RicoFlag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 1–02–0 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B

International career statistics

As of match played 6 September 2024 [19]
Sint Maarten
YearAppsGoals
201957
202244
202396
202421
Total2018

Personal

Lake was born in the Netherlands. [6] He is nicknamed "Smally" for his short stature and is known for his speed. [7] He has a brother Gershwin nicknamed "Biggie". [20]

Lake was eligible to represent Sint Maarten through his mother, and he had been previously eligible to represent Anguilla. [20]

Aside from his football career, Lake works in logistics. [20]

Honours

Individual

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gerwin Lake and Sint Maarten's Dream of Promotion". CONCACAF. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Excelsior 2 verliest na snelle rode kaart Arghus" (in Dutch). rijnmond.nl. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Van Der Meer, Rob. "Gerwin "Smally" Lake vindt weer een nieuwe club" (in Dutch). rtvalvrandswaard.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Gerwin Lake verlaat na dit seizoen Excelsior Maassluis" (in Dutch). haaglandenvoetbal.nl. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Smally Lake is goud waard" (in Dutch). deschakelalbrandswaard.nl. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Soccerway profile" (in Dutch). Soccerway. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  7. 1 2 Geerds, Jelmer. "Excelsior M-aanwinst Gerwin Lake voorspelt: 'Tien tot vijftien treffers'". voetbal247.nl. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  8. ↑ Feenstra, Richard. "Gerwin Lake (Excelsior Maassluis) naar fusieclub Albrandswaard" (in Dutch). voetbalrotterdam.no. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Tegen Westlandia za1 weet Lake ze goed te rake" (in Dutch). RKVV Westlandia. Retrieved 24 March 2019.[ dead link ]
  10. ↑ "SV Poortugaal verlengt met vijftien spelers" (in Dutch). voetbalrotterdam.nl. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "O&M FC 11 Flames United 1". Concacaf. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "Flames United 0 Inter Moengotapoe 12". CONCACAF. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  13. ↑ "Hoofdklasse: SV Poortugaal op bezoek bij Achilles'29" (in Dutch). albrandswaardsdagblad.nl. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  14. ↑ Feenstra, Michel. "Gerwin Lake opgeroepen voor nationale elftal Sint Maarten" (in Dutch). voetbalrotterdam.nl. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  15. ↑ Schoonen, Jan. "Gerwin Lake (SV Poortugaal) international van Sint-Maarten: 'Ik denk dat ik wel bij de ploeg mag blijven'" (in Dutch). voetbalrotterdam.nl. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  16. ↑ "Sint Maarten vs. Saint Martin". CONCACAF. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  17. ↑ "CNL League C Best XI led by Forbes, Lake and Frederick". CONCACAF. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  18. ↑ McCarthy, John. "Lake Hat Trick Keeps Sint Maarten In The Hunt For CONCACAF Nations League Group Title". Virgin Islands Free Press. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  19. 1 2 "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  20. 1 2 3 Arnold, Jon (15 June 2023). "🇸🇽 Meet Gerwin Lake, Sint Maarten's all-time leading scorer who also handles logistics".
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