[2] Lakay made his debut for Santos in the National First Division on 20 October 2012 against FC Cape Town.
[3] He then scored his first career goal on 5 February 2014 against Maluti FET College in which his 39th-minute strike gave Santos a 2–0 lead.
[5] Lakay scored in a training match for Santos against the senior national team's fringe players, beating under-20 teammate Dumisani Msibi in goal from 40m, ahead of South Africa's qualifier against Nigeria in Cape Town.
[2] He made his senior debut for South Africa on 30 November 2014 when the country took on the Ivory Coast.
[7] Coetzee also broke a long-standing record by former Bafana captain Aaron Mokoena who was 18 years, two months, 26 days in a clash against Botswana in 1999.