David Lee (born 10 April 1958) is a

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

an former

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who played for the

Singapore national football team The Singapore national football team (, zh, 新加坡國家足球隊, ta, சிங்கப்பூர் தேசிய கால்பந்து அணி ) represents the Republic of Singapore in the senior men's international footb ...

and

Geylang United FC Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, which plays in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 with the purpose of building a s ...

as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Club career

In 1982, Lee, with

Fandi Ahmad Fandi bin Ahmad (born 29 May 1962) is a Singaporean professional football manager and former player. During his professional career, he mainly played as a striker, but also played as a midfielder. Along with the Singapore FA, he had also play ...

, joined Indonesian club

Niac Mitra Persatuan Sepakbola Mitra Kutai Kartanegara is an Indonesian association football club based in Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan. They currently compete in the Liga 3. History This club was founded in 1979 as NIAC Mitra. NIAC sto ...

. In 1983, Lee left Niac Mitra due to a sudden Galatama League ban on foreign players. In 1987, Lee joined the Tyrwhitt Soccerites, playing in Division Two in Singapore football. At the end of 1988, Lee joined Jurong Town FC, despite Tyrwhitt Soccerites promoted from Division Two to Division One in 1988 and then promoted to the

FAS Premier League The Football Association of Singapore Premier League was a semi-professional football league competition held in Singapore between 1988 and 1995. The Premier League succeeded the National Football League Division One as the top tier of the Singapor ...

at the end of the 1988 season. He was part of the Singapore M-League side that won the 1994

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup ( ms, Piala Malaysia), formerly known as ''Malaya Cup'', is an annual association football, football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popular ...

and

M-League The Malaysian League or also known as the M-League (Malay: ''Liga Malaysia'' or ''Liga-M'') is a terminology used to describe the professional association football league in Malaysia. The terminology was mainly used to describe the league and it ...

title. He had also won the first ever S-league title and Singapore Cup "double", with Geylang Utd in 1996. He had since retired from professional football in 1997.

Coaching career

He is the goalkeeping coach of

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currently and trains budding youth goalkeepers at the

Singapore Sports School Singapore Sports School (SSP) is a specialised independent boarding school and statutory board under the purview of Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth of the Government of Singapore that offers an integrated sports and academic programme t ...

Honours

Singapore FA *

: 1980 1994 *

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League ( ms, Liga Premier) was the second-tier professional Association football, football league in Malaysia. The league replaced the former second-tier league, Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The ...

: 1994 *

Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup Piala Sumbangsih (English: Malaysia Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah ( en, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup), is the Malaysian super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pitting ...

: 1989 Geylang United *

S League The Singapore Premier League, commonly abbreviated as SPL, officially known as the AIA Singapore Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional football league sanctioned by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), which ...

: 1996

References

* 1958 births Living people Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Singaporean men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Geylang International FC players Singapore FA players Singapore Premier League players Singapore men's international footballers Competitors at the 1981 SEA Games 1984 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Singapore SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in football {{Singapore-footy-bio-stub