Harpal Singh (born 15 September 1981) is an English former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

. During his career he played for various clubs including

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road ...

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

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Career

Singh was born in Bradford, England. Although he started out with

, He made his professional debut when he went to play for Bury at

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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 Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. ...

and twice more at Bury all on loan, before he moved to

in 2005. Singh's favourite position is

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. 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 Dalymount Park (Irish: ''Páirc Cnocán Uí Dhálaigh'') is a football stadium in Phibsborough on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. 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 The 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the last UEFA Intertoto Cup football tournament, the 14th to be organised by UEFA and the third since the competition's format was given a major overhaul. Fifty teams were invited, with the eleven winners after the ...

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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

and signed a 6-month contract and was released after his contract was up.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Harpal 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

Career

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