Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 November 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Singapore | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001 | Stellas FC | ||
2005 | Tampines Rovers SC 1951 | ||
2006 | Tampines Rovers FC | ||
2007 | South West Phoenix FC | ||
2008 | Western Mass Pioneers | ||
2008 | Offenburger FV | ||
2009 | FC Concordia Basel | ||
2009 | Buki TK | ||
2010 | Geylang United | ||
2010 | Eunos Crescent FC | ||
2011 | J.W. Rangsit F.C. | ||
2011 | Keppel Monaco | ||
2012 | Khoromkhon FC | ||
2013 | Otago United | ||
2014 | Chivas Reserve | ||
2014 | Santa Ana Winds FC | ||
2015 | Canon Yaoundé | ||
2016 | Cosmos de Bafia | ||
2018 | NEC Amateur | ||
2019 | Changi Village SRC | ||
2019–2023 | Singapore Vikings | ||
2023 | Techiman Heroes SC | ||
2025 | Jurong United FC (futsal) | ||
Managerial career | |||
2018 | SC NEC Youth (interim) | ||
2019 | Changi Village SRC (player-coach) | ||
2025 | Woodlands Lions FC (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Low (born 23 November 1983 in Singapore) is a Singaporean former footballer. He is mostly known for his peripatetic career which has taken him to 11 countries, [1] including Singapore [2] and sees retired American footballer Jay DeMerit as an inspiration. [3]
Living in South Africa for 7 years, Low was called up to the Singaporean National Service aged 17. [2] [3] He is the second out of four brothers after his elder twin brother, Josh.
For some of the 2013–14 New Zealand Football Championship, Low was part of Otago United's defense. [4]
Traveling to Mongolia in 2012 to play for Khoromkhon of the local Premier League, [5] the Singaporean midfielder lived in an apartment with the other foreign imports, [2] helping them clinch that year's Borgio Cup, beating Ulaanbaatar City Bank 7–0 in the final. [6] The club went on to a second-place finish in the league. [2]
In 2015, Low joined Canon Yaoundé of the Cameroonian Elite One league. [1]
In 2016, Low joined Cosmos de Bafia of the same league. [7] He was on the bench for Cosmos in a league encounter against Botafogo, leading people to question his Asian origin, with many thinking he was Chinese. [8] Low left the club in mid 2016 and returned to Singapore. [9]
In 2018, Coton Sport FC de Garoua offered Low a contract but was declined by Low due to concerns about accommodation and safety as the club is located north of Cameroon and near the Nigerian border where the Boko Haram operates in. [9]
Netherlands
In 2018, Low signed with Dutch side NEC Nijmegen, playing in Eerste Divisie, the second-highest tier of football in Netherlands, as a non contract player. [9]
Low returned to professional football by joining Techiman Heroes SC for the 2023 season in Ghana Division One League.
Upon retirement from professional football career, Low joined Jurong United futsal team and plays in the amateur Kyna Futsal League and at the same time serving as an assistant coach for Woodlands Lions FC senior men's team in the Singapore Island Wide League. He is also currently running a football agency known as DL Scouting Agency.
Low returned to Singapore in 2016 and worked briefly as a security systems administrator in a bank. [9] He has a twin brother who previously signed for a State League football club in Western Australia.