Thomas Lam

AZ Alkmaar

Lam, born and grew up in the Netherlands to a Finnish mother and a Dutch father, started his youth career at AFC before moving to AZ Alkmaar in 2005, where he progressed through the academy and started his senior career at AZ Alkmaar in 2011, where he signed his first professional contract. Shortly after, Lam was given number twenty–eight shirt for the new season. Though he made no appearances in the 2011–12 season, it was announced on 13 April 2012, Lam signed a contract with AZ, keeping him until 2016 and was named Finnish Tale's Promising Player of the Year. In the 2012–13 season, Lam suffered a setback when he suffered a thigh problems at the start of the season. It wasn't until on 16 September 2012 when Lam made his AZ debut, coming on as a substitute for Giliano Wijnaldum in the late substitute, in a 1–0 home win over Roda JC. Having appeared in most of the games in the season, Lam, received a straight red card in the 31st minute, in a 2–1 win over Heracles Almelo on 31 March 2013 and served a two match suspension as a result. Despite this, Lam went on to finish the season, making six appearances for the club. Although he did not feature in the squad, the club won the KNVB Cup after beating PSV Eindhoven 2–1 to win the tournament. In the 2013–14 season, Lam was demoted back to the reserve side following the newly arrival of Dick Advocaat. Despite this, Lam scored his first AZ goal on 12 December 2013, in a Europa League against PAOK, in a 2–2 draw.…

Finland youth teams

Despite being eligible for the Netherlands through his father, Lam opted to play for Finland through his mother. He has represented Finland in various junior national teams, starting off with Finland U17 and Finland U18 and Finland U19. It was not until in February 2012 when he was called up by Finland U21 for the first time. Lam made his Finland U21 debut on 13 October 2012, where he played for 45 minutes, against Estonia U21, which saw them win in the penalty–shootout

Finland first team

After being playing for the various junior national teams, Lam was finally called by the senior team in 2015. He then made his debut for the senior national team on 9 June 2015, in a 2–0 home defeat to Estonia. Lam soon got his first appearance in a UEFA Euro qualification match on 7 September 2015 when he played 84 minutes in a match against Faroe Islands. However, Finland did not qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016, as they finished fourth in the Group F in the qualification of the tournament. Since making his senior debut, Lam became a first team regular at the national team. He made his first appearance in FIFA World Cup qualifications in a match against Croatia on Tampere Stadium on 9 October 2016 when he replaced Alexander Ring on 67th minute. Lam was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021. Lam was a member of the Finnish squad at the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament but remained as an unused substitute.…

Club

As of 30 May 2025

International

As of match played on 29 May 2021

Lam was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to a Dutch father and a Finnish mother, through whom he gained Finnish citizenship. While he was growing up in the Netherlands, his parents owned a hotel. He has a brother. In his late teens, Lam suffered a tragic loss when his father died of lung cancer in 2009.