Tariq Lamptey

Tariq Lamptey

Lamptey with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Tariq Kwame Nii-Lante Lamptey [1]
Date of birth	(2000-09-30) 30 September 2000 (age 23) [2]
Place of birth	Hillingdon, England
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) [2]
Position(s)	Right wing-back, right-back
Team information
Current team	Brighton & Hove Albion
Number	2
Youth career
2006–2008	Larkspur Rovers
2008–2019	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Chelsea	1	(0)
2020–	Brighton & Hove Albion	85	(1)
International career‡
2018	England U18	3	(0)
2018–2019	England U19	9	(1)
2019	England U20	6	(0)
2020	England U21	2	(0)
2022–	Ghana	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:21, 6 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:47, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Tariq Kwame Nii-Lante Lamptey (born 30 September 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a right wing-back or right-back for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Ghana national team.

Previously a youth international for England, Lamptey switched allegiances to represent Ghana at senior international level and made his debut in 2022.

Club career

Chelsea

Lamptey, aged 18, playing for Chelsea in 2019

Lamptey was born in Hillingdon, Greater London. ^[3] He was playing grassroots football for his local team, Larkspur Rovers, ^[4] before joining the Chelsea academy at the age of eight. ^[5]

On 29 December 2019, Lamptey made his first-team debut away against Arsenal in the Premier League, replacing Fikayo Tomori in the 59th minute where he was a lively presence helping Chelsea come back from 1–0 down to win 2–1. ^[6] Speaking to Chelsea TV after the game, Lamptey described how nervous he was making his debut: "My heart was racing, this is the moment me and my family have been waiting for." ^[7] Lamptey became the seventh academy graduate to make a first-team appearance during Frank Lampard's managerial tenure at Chelsea, following in the footsteps of Mason Mount, Billy Gilmour, Reece James, Marc Guéhi, Tino Anjorin and Ian Maatsen. ^[5] Lamptey made two more appearances for Chelsea, both coming in the FA Cup wins over Nottingham Forest at home and Hull City away before leaving the club. ^{[8] [9]}

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 31 January 2020, Lamptey signed for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion on a three-and-a-half-year contract. ^{[10] [11]} He made an impressive debut for Brighton in his first Premier League start, a 0–0 away draw against Leicester City on 23 June – Brighton's second match back from the Premier League's temporary break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^{[12] [13]}

Lamptey started in Brighton's opening match of the 2020–21 season against his former club Chelsea in which he set up Leandro Trossard's goal in a 3–1 home defeat. ^[14] He scored his first goal on 1 November in a 2–1 Premier League defeat away to Tottenham Hotspur. ^[15] Lamptey was sent off for the first time in his career on 21 November after receiving two yellow cards in the 2–1 away victory against Aston Villa. ^[16] On 17 January 2021, Lamptey signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with Brighton. ^[17] On 12 March, after being sidelined since picking up a hamstring injury in a 0–0 away draw against Fulham on 16 December 2020, it was announced that Lamptey would miss the remainder of the season due to the injury. ^{[18] [19]}

Lamptey made his return to a matchday squad for the first time in nine months on 19 September 2021, remaining as an unused substitute in Brighton's 2–1 home win over Leicester. ^[20] Three days later, he made his first competitive appearance since December 2020, starting and playing the first half of the 2–0 victory at home to Swansea City in the EFL Cup third round. ^[21] Lamptey made his first league appearance in 10 months on 16 October 2021, when he came on as a 59th-minute substitute in a 0–0 draw away to Norwich City. ^[22] He made his first Premier League start since returning from injury in a 1–1 home draw against Newcastle United on 6 November, playing 75 minutes. ^[23] On 7 May, he came on as a 76th-minute substitute in Brighton's biggest top flight victory, a 4–0 home win over Manchester United. ^[24]

Lamptey scored his second goal for Brighton with the team's third in a 3–1 victory away to Arsenal on 9 November in the EFL Cup third round. ^[25] He did not start a Premier League match in the 2022–23 season until his 13th appearance, when he played the whole match in a 4–2 home loss to Arsenal on 31 December. ^[26] On 4 March 2023, Lamptey limped off after 15 minutes off the 4–0 home win over West Ham, in what would be his last action of the season due to the knee injury, as Brighton went on to seal a spot in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League. ^{[27] [28] [29]}

He made his return to action on 2 September 2023, Brighton's fourth match of the 2023–24 season. Coming on as a 77th minute substitute, he made some positive runs and also picking up a yellow card in the 3–1 home win over Newcastle. ^[30]

International career

Lamptey was born in England to Ghanaian parents. He has been a youth international for England, having represented the Young Lions from under-18 to under-21 level.^{[ citation needed ]}

In July 2020, he was contacted by the Ghana Football Association about potentially switching allegiances to represent Ghana. ^[31] However, on 8 September, Lamptey made his England under-21 debut, starting in a 2–1 away victory over Austria in a 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier. ^[32] After 18 months out of the under-21 team due to injury, he then made his return to the side in March 2022, taking part in the 2023 European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Andorra and Albania. ^[33]

In May 2022, it was announced that Lamptey was considering switching allegiances to Ghana, with England under-21 manager Lee Carsley saying that Lamptey had "asked to be left out of the squad for a bit of head space." ^[34] After months of further speculation, in July the president of the Ghana FA, Kurt Okraku, announced that Lamptey was one of the few players that were officially made eligible to represent Ghana. ^[35] Lamptey made his debut on 23 September, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute, replacing Denis Odoi in a 3–0 friendly loss against Brazil at the Stade Océane in Le Havre. ^[36]

On 14 November, Lamptey was named in Ghana's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. ^[37]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 April 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chelsea U21	2018–19 [38]	—			—		—		4 [lower-alpha 1]	0	4	0
	2019–20 [39]	—			—		—		3 [lower-alpha 1]	2	3	2
	Total		—		—		—		7	2	7	2
Chelsea	2019–20 [39]	Premier League	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2019–20 [39]	Premier League	8	0	—		—		—		8	0
	2020–21 [40]	Premier League	11	1	0	0	0	0	—		11	1
	2021–22 [41]	Premier League	30	0	1	0	1	0	—		32	0
	2022–23 [42]	Premier League	20	0	3	0	3	1	—		26	1
	2023–24 [43]	Premier League	16	0	1	0	1	0	4 [lower-alpha 2]	0	22	0
	Total		85	1	5	0	5	1	4	0	99	2
Career total			86	1	7	0	5	1	11	2	109	4

1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 26 March 2024 ^[44]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ghana	2022	4	0
	2024	2	0
Total		6	0

References

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35. Eleto, Clinton (5 July 2022). "Breaking News: Tariq Lamptey and four other new players complete Ghana Black Stars switch". Sahara Football. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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41. "Games played by Tariq Lamptey in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
42. "Games played by Tariq Lamptey in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
43. "Games played by Tariq Lamptey in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
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External links

• Profile at the Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. website
• Tariq Lamptey – UEFA competition record ( archive )