Kai McKenzie-Lyle

Kai John Oliver Milton McKenzie-Lyle (born 30

Kai McKenzie-Lyle
January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays
as a goalkeeper for National League North club Personal information
Oxford City. Born in England, he represents Guyana Full name Kai John Oliver Milton McKenzie-Lyle[1]
at international level. Date of birth 30 January 1997
Place of birth Haringey, England
Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[2]
Club career Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team Oxford City
Barnet
Youth career
McKenzie-Lyle joined Tottenham Hotspur as under-
Tottenham Hotspur
10, before he moved to Barnet as an under-14 and
2011–2014 Barnet
progressed through the club's academy to become first
Senior career*
choice keeper for the under-18s,[3] and made his
senior debut with a start in a 3–0 Herts Senior Cup Years Team Apps (Gls)

defeat to Bishop's Stortford on 21 January 2014.[4] He 2014–2018 Barnet 1 (0)

first appeared on the bench in the league in October 2016 → Cockfosters (loan) 8 (0)
2014.[5] He made his English Football League debut 2017 → St Ives Town (loan) 6 (0)
on 12 September 2015 in a 3–1 League Two away 2017–2018 → Hayes & Yeading United (loan) 7 (0)
defeat by Portsmouth,[6] coming on as a substitute for 2018–2020 Liverpool 0 (0)
John Akinde after regular goalkeeper Jamie Stephens 2020–2022 Cambridge United 1 (0)
had been sent-off.[7] McKenzie-Lyle joined St Ives 2022 → Chelmsford City (loan) 9 (0)
Town in August 2017 on loan.[8] He then joined Hayes 2022–2023 Welling United 16 (0)
& Yeading United on loan in December 2017.[9] 2024 Folkestone Invicta 13 (0)
2024– Oxford City 0 (0)
‡
International career
Liverpool
2016– Guyana 13 (1)
McKenzie-Lyle joined Liverpool on trial in July *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of
2018.[10] He then signed for the Reds the following 16:41, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
month.[11] McKenzie-Lyle was released in June 2020, ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:37, 13
December 2023 (UTC)
having played just twice for the under-23s in Premier
League 2.[12]

Cambridge United
On 1 September 2020, McKenzie-Lyle joined League Two club Cambridge United on a two-year deal.[13] On 25
March 2022, Chelmsford City announced the signing of McKenzie-Lyle on loan.[14]

McKenzie-Lyle was released by the club at the end of the 2021–22 season.[15]

Non-league
McKenzie-Lyle joined Welling United in August 2022.[5]

On 6 February 2024, Mckenzie-Lyle joined Isthmian League Premier Division club Folkestone Invicta.[16]
McKenzie-Lyle joined Oxford City for the 2024-25 season.[17]

International career
McKenzie-Lyle was called up to Guyana's squad for their third round matches of 2017 Caribbean Cup
qualification,[18] after being alerted to his eligibility by Jack Thorpe, a researcher for the Football Manager game.[19]
He made an unusual international debut for a goalkeeper,[20] scoring a header in the 120th minute of a 3–2 loss
against Suriname.[21] On his second appearance he saved a penalty against Jamaica.[22]

Personal life
McKenzie-Lyle's younger brother Renell (born 2000) is also a goalkeeper and product of the youth system at
Barnet.[23]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 20 April 2024
 Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Club Season
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

2013–
0 0 0 0 ― 1[a] 0 1 0
14[4] Conference
2014– Premier
0 0 0 0 ― 1[a] 0 1 0
15[24]

2015–
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Barnet 16[6]

2016– League
0 0 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 1 0
17[25][26] Two

2017–
18[27][28]
0 0 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 1 0

Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0

Spartan
South
Cockfosters 2015– Midlands
8 0 ― ― 0 0 8 0
(loan) 16[29] League
Premier
Division
Southern
St Ives 2017– League
6 0 0 0 ― ― 6 0
Town (loan) 18[24] Premier
Division

Southern
Hayes &
2017– League
Yeading
First 7 0 ― ― 1[c] 0 8 0
United 18[24] Division
(loan)
East

2018–
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19[5] Premier
Liverpool 2019– League
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20[5]

Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2020– League
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21[30] Two
Cambridge
2021– League
United 1 0 0 0 0 0 4[d] 0 5 0
22[31] One

Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0
National
Chelmsford 2021–
League 9 0 0 0 — 0 0 9 0
City (loan) 22[5] South

2022– National
Welling
League 16 0 3 0 — 6[e] 0 25 0
United 23[5] South

Isthmian
Folkestone 2023– League
13 0 0 0 — 0 0 13 0
Invicta 24[32] Premier
Division
Career total 61 0 3 0 0 0 17 0 81 0

a. Appearance in Herts Senior Cup

b. Appearance in Middlesex Senior Cup
c. Appearance in Southern League Challenge Cup
d. Appearance in the EFL Trophy
e. Two appearances in the FA Trophy, three appearances in the Kent Senior Cup, one appearance in the
London Senior Cup

International

As of match played 20 June 2023[20]

Appearances and goals by national team

and year
National team Year Apps Goals

2016 2 1

2017 0 0
2018 3 0
Guyana
2021 4 0

2022 0 0
2023 4 0

Total 13 1

Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each McKenzie-
Lyle goal.

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.

8 October André Kamperveen Stadion, 2017 Caribbean Cup [20]
1 Suriname 2–3 2–3
2016 Paramaribo, Suriname qualification

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External links
Kai McKenzie-Lyle (https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=78530) at Soccerbase

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