David Low (footballer)

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David Low
Personal information
Date of birth 23 November 1983
Place of birth Singapore
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 8
*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 different countries, [1] including Singapore [2] and sees retired American footballer Jay DeMerit as an inspiration. [3]

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Early life

Living in South Africa for 7 years, Low was called up to the Singaporean National Service aged 17. [2] [3]

Career

New Zealand

For some of the 2013–14 New Zealand Football Championship, Low was part of Otago United's defense. [4]

Mongolia

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]

Cameroon

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]

Personal life

Low returned to Singapore in 2016 and worked briefly as a security systems administrator in a bank. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Footballers living on the breadline: low wages, short contracts and no security". the Guardian. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "David Low: The Nomadic Singapore Footballer". FourFourTwo. 17 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Today, 18 August 2012, Page 8" . Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Football: Exams affect Southern United". Otago Daily Times Online News. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "'I can never say no to football': The Singaporean who played on 5 different continents". CNA. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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  7. ↑ "Perjalanan Berliku 'Singa Perkasa'". sport.detik.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 21 May 2022.
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