Luther Singh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luther Singh | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Soweto, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Braga | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2015 | Stars of Africa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | GAIS | 36 | (11) |
| 2017– | Braga | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016– | South Africa U20 | 13 | (9) |
| 2017– | South Africa | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 May 2017 |
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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 African national team.
Prior to making his senior international debut in 2017, Singh represented the South Africa national under-20 football team, with whom he won the Golden Boot award at both the 2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships and the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.
Singh is an academy graduate of the famed South-African-based Stars of Africa football academy whom he joined at the age of 11, after being scouted by Farouk Khan. Through the academy, Singh was afforded the opportunity to train in Brazil when he was 16 where he spent time with Vasco da Gama and Fluminense.
Singh's success at the Stars of Africa academy caught the attention of numerous clubs and in 2015 Swedish second-division side GAIS signed him. 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, he 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 the Real Madrid B side and Swansea had previously been in contact with his Khan, as his agent, over a potential transfer. GAIS rejected these advances, however, 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. He ultimately made 28 appearances for the Superettan season and scored 9 goals as GAIS ended the campaign in eighth place.
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