Ryan Lambert

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Ryan Lambert
Personal information
Full name Ryan Edward Kit Seng Lee Lambert [1]
Date of birth (1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Kuala Lumpur City
(on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim)
Youth career
FC Clifton Hill
Richmond SC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Richmond 14 (0)
2016 Melbourne Victory NPL 9 (0)
2017 Richmond 11 (0)
2018 Achilles '29 14 (0)
2018–2021 FC Den Bosch II 22 (0)
2018–2021 FC Den Bosch 8 (0)
2021–2024 Kuala Lumpur City 45 (4)
2024– Johor Darul Ta'zim 0 (0)
2024–Kuala Lumpur City (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ryan Edward Kit Seng Lee Lambert (born 21 September 1998) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malaysia Super League club Kuala Lumpur City, on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim.

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Lambert was born in Kuala Lumpur, but then moved to Thailand and Australia at a young age. He played youth football with Richmond before starting his senior career with the side. After spending some time with Melbourne Victory's youth team, Lambert moved to the Netherlands in 2017, where he played for Achilles '29 and FC Den Bosch.

Early life

Lambert was born in Kuala Lumpur to an English father and Malaysian Chinese mother. The family then moved to Thailand, where they stayed for six months before relocating again to Melbourne, Australia. [2]

Lambert has a twin brother, Declan, who is also a professional footballer. The two played together at Clifton Hill, Richmond, Achilles '29 and FC Den Bosch. [2]

Club career

After playing youth football for FC Clifton Hill and Richmond, Lambert made his senior debut for Richmond aged just 15. In 2016, he played for one season for Melbourne Victory's youth team before departing after he suffered a major injury. [3]

In 2018, the Lambert twins moved to Europe, and trialed with sides including Sparta Rotterdam and FC Dordrecht. [4] The pair eventually signed for Dutch Tweede Divisie side Achilles '29. [3] However, they left the club after it suffered relegation at the end of the 2017–18 Tweede Divisie. [2]

The twins then moved to Eerste Divisie side FC Den Bosch in 2018. Their first-team opportunities were initially limited by the arrival of several other foreign players shortly after their signing. [2] However, Lambert made his debut as a substitute in Den Bosch's opening game of the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie and by the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie season, both brothers featured regularly for the side. [5] On 5 October 2020, Lambert tested positive for COVID-19. [5] In March 2021, he was told that his contract with the club would not be extended. [6]

On 28 April 2021, it was announced that Lambert had signed with Kuala Lumpur City. [7] He was part of the team that won the 2021 Malaysia Cup. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 December 2023 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalOther [lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kuala Lumpur City 2021 Malaysia Super League 700011000180
2022 Malaysia Super League16420207010254
2023 Malaysia Super League22000000000220
Total454201307010654
Career total454201307010654

Honours

KL City

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  6. "FC Den Bosch biedt zeven spelers geen nieuw contract aan". FCUpdate.nl (in Dutch). 15 March 2021. Lambert, Voets en Bolsius hebben meer duidelijkheid gekregen: zij zijn volgend seizoen niet meer in De Vliert te bewonderen.
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