| Wayde Lekay | |
| Birth Date: | 9 May 1997 |
| Height: | 1.87 m[1] |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Trollhättan |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthyears1: | 2003–2008 |
| Youthclubs1: | Avendale Athletico[2] |
| Youthyears2: | 2009–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | Vasco da Gama[3] |
| Youthyears3: | 2017 |
| Youthclubs3: | SuperSport United |
| Years1: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Tygerberg |
| Years2: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Atlantic Nacional |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | Steenberg United |
| Caps3: | 24 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs4: | TS Galaxy |
| Caps4: | 45 |
| Goals4: | 7 |
| Years5: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs5: | Cape Town City |
| Caps5: | 8 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Clubs6: | Trollhättan |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
| Club-Update: | 11 April 2024 |
Wayde Lekay (born 9 May 1997) is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for Trollhättan in Sweden.
He started his senior career in the Second Division with Tygerberg and Atlantic Nacional. In 2017 he was on trial at Bidvest Wits.[4] He ended up joining SuperSport United and played for their reserves. He moved on to National First Division outfit Steenberg United before joining his first Premier Division club in 2020, TS Galaxy. Stating that his goal for the 2020-21 South African Premier Division was to score 20 goals,[5] he made his first-tier debut in October 2020 and also scored his first goal in that match.
During the summer of 2022, he was on a much-publicized trial with Kaizer Chiefs[6] and also Royal AM, before joining Cape Town City. He played several league games before the World Cup break in late 2022. In the spring of 2023, he was released after Cape Town City brought in Juan Zapata and Bertrand Mani. Lekay first trained with Cape Town Spurs.[7] [8] In the summer of 2023 he went to Sweden, first on trial with Helsingborgs IF, where the manager Stuart Baxter was intimately familiar with South African soccer. Lekay ended up joining FC Trollhättan in the Ettan.[9] [10] There were significant weather and cultural differences in this environment.[11] [12]