Darren Teh

In this article, the surname is Teh.

Darren Teh

Darren warming up for Singapore in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Darren Teh
Date of birth	(1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Singapore
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	full-back, left-midfielder
Team information
Current team	Balestier Khalsa
Number	16
Youth career
	Geylang International Prime League
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2021	Geylang International	86	(2)
2022–	Balestier Khalsa	86	(0)
International career‡
2019–	Singapore	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 October 2019

Darren Teh is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a full-back or wide-midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Balestier Khalsa and the Singapore national team. ^[1]

Club career

Geylang International

Darren signed with Geylang International in 2017.

Although the Eagles finished fourth in the 2017 S.League, they only retained 3 players for the 2018 season, of which Darren is one of them. ^[2]

His contract was extended for the 2019 season after another good performance in 2018. His current salary is rumoured to be USD 1000 fortnightly. ^[3]

Balestier Khalsa

On 3 November 2021, Darren signed for Singapore Premier League side Balestier Khalsa. ^[1]

International career

He was called up to the Singapore U23 team against Indonesia in March 2018 ^[4] but didn't play in the match. ^[5] He played in the match against Myanmar U23 in the tune up to the Asian Games. ^[6]

Darren was first called up to the national team in 2019, for the World Cup qualifiers against Yemen and Palestine on 5 September and 10 September respectively. ^[7] He made his debut against Jordan, replacing Zulfahmi Arifin in the 46th minute. ^{[8] [9]} Darren made his first international start against Saudi Arabia for the World Cup qualifiers on 11 October 2019. ^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As at 24 October 2025

Club	Season	S.League		Singapore Cup		Singapore League Cup		Asia		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Geylang International	2017	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	2018	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	1
	2019	23	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	29	0
	2020	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
	2021	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
	Total	86	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	94	2
Balestier Khalsa	2022	26	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
	2023	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	27	0
	2024–25	31	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	35	0
	2025–26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	Total	86	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	99	0
Career total		172	2	21	0	0	0	0	0	193	2

International

Senior

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	5 October 2019	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Jordan	0-0 (draw)	Friendly
2	10 October 2019	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	0-3 (lost)	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

U22

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	9 July 2017	Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore	India	0-1 (lost)	Friendly
2	12 July 2017	Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore	India	1-0 (won)	Friendly
3	20 June 2018	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore	Myanmar	0–2 (lost)	Friendly

References

1. Balestier Khalsa Football Club on Facebook Watch
2. "Eagles aim to give wings to youngsters".
3. "Zainol Gulam has been rewarded with a new contract and will extend his stay at the club".
4. "Darren Teh in squad to face Indonesia".
5. "Gutsy Singapore Go Down to Indonesia in U23 Friendly".
6. "Singapore fall to 2-0 defeat against Myanmar in U-23 friendly at Bishan". Archived from the original on 23 March 2019.
7. "Tatsuma Yoshida heralds a new dawn for Singapore football". The Straits Times. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
8. "Lions earn hard-fought away draw against Jordan". Football Association of Singapore. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
9. David, Lee (7 October 2019). "Football: Positives in Singapore's 0-0 draw with Jordan but national coach Tatsuma Yoshida wary of Saudi threat". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
10. "Lions fall to Saudi Arabia". Football Association of Singapore. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.