Full name Luther Singh Playing position Years Team | 2008–2015 Stars of Africa Height 1.71 m | |
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Date of birth (1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 (age 19) Similar Dardan Rexhepi, Thibang Phete, Bongani Zungu, Thulani Serero, Keagan Dolly | ||
Luther singh gais pure talent signed for sc braga
Luther Singh (born 5 August 1997) is a South African professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga side Braga and the South Africa national under-20 football team, with whom he won the Golden Boot award at the 2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships.
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- Luther singh gais pure talent signed for sc braga
- GAIS
- Braga
- South Africa U 20
- Career statistics
- Individual
- References
GAIS
Singh is an academy graduate of the famed Stars of Africa football academy and joined Swedish second-division side GAIS in 2015. In his first season with GAIS, Singh was employed as a winger and netted two goals in eight league appearances for the club before his season was cut short through injury.
For the 2016 campaign, Singh was converted into a forward and scored the first professional hat-trick of his career on 22 May in a 7-0 win over Ängelholm. In July, the player confirmed that Real Madrid Castilla and Swansea had previously been in contact with his agent, Farouk Khan over a potential move. GAIS had, however, rejected these advances in a bid to hold on to Singh until his contract expired. In August of the same year, Singh rejected a move to Serie A side Pescara, claiming better options would become available to him once he was a free-agent. Singh ultimately made 28 appearances for the Superettan season and scored 9 goals as GAIS ended the campaign in eighth place.
Braga
Following the expiration of his contract with GAIS, Singh was linked with a return to South Africa, with reigning PSL champions Mamelodi Sundowns reportedly interested in his signature, but he ultimately elected to sign for Portuguese Primeira Liga side Braga on 21 January 2017.
South Africa U-20
Singh represented South Africa at the 2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships and scored in nation's 8-0 win over Lesotho during the group stage. After winning all three of their group stage matches, South Africa progressed to the semi-final where they beat Angola 5-0, with Singh netting a hat-trick on the day. South Africa lost to in the final, however, with an assist from Singh not enough to prevent the nation going down 2-1 to Zambia. At the conclusion of the tournament Singh was awarded the Golden Boot award for his tally of five goals throughout the competition.
Career statistics
As of 5 November 20161 Includes Svenska Cupen matches.
Individual
