Harpal Singh (born 15 September 1981) is an English former professional
footballer
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. During his career he played for various clubs including
Leeds United
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,
Stockport County
Stockport County Football Club are a professional football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they were renamed Stockport Co ...
,
Sligo Rovers,
Bohemians and
Dundalk
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.
Career
Singh was born in
Bradford, England. Although he started out with
Leeds United
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, He made his professional debut when he went to play for
Bury at
Wrexham
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during his loan spell for Bury. He also played for
Bristol City
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...
and
Bradford City
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...
and twice more at Bury all on loan, before he moved to
Stockport County
Stockport County Football Club are a professional football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they were renamed Stockport Co ...
in 2005. Singh's favourite position is
left winger
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. In 2006, he was released by County manager
Jim Gannon
James Paul Gannon (born 7 September 1968) is a professional football manager and former player who most recently was manager of Hyde United. He started and finished his career as a player in Ireland, but made most of his professional appear ...
to sign for
Sligo Rovers. He scored once for Stockport, in a 4–2 win over Northampton.
In January 2007, Singh signed for
Bohemians but spent the majority of his time at
Dalymount Park
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It is the home of Bohemian F.C., who have played there since the early 20th century. Affectionately known ...
on the sidelines with injury. He did score against
Rhyl F.C. in the
2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup
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.
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/ref> However, after being a bit-part player in Bohs' Double winning season of 2008, he was released by the club when his contract expired in December 2008. In January 2009, he linked up with his former manager Sean Connor to join newly promoted Dundalk
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and signed a 6-month contract and was released after his contract was up.
See also
* British Asians in association football
British Asians
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References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
English Sikhs
English footballers
English people of Punjabi descent
British sportspeople of Indian descent
British Asian footballers
Leeds United F.C. players 79 appearances
Bury F.C. players
Bristol City F.C. players
Bradford City A.F.C. players
Stockport County F.C. players
Sligo Rovers F.C. players
Bohemian F.C. players
Dundalk F.C. players
English Football League players
League of Ireland players
Association football midfielders
Footballers from Bradford
Expatriate association footballers in the Republic of Ireland