| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Lee Soon Chye | ||
| Date of birth | (1958-04-10)10 April 1958 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1994 | Singapore FA | 161 | (0) |
| ????–1981 | Tiong Bahru | ||
| 1982–1983 | Niac Mitra | ||
| 1984–???? | Tiong Bahru | ||
| 1987–1998 | Tyrwhitt Soccerites | ||
| 1989– | Jurong Town | ||
| 1996–1997 | Geylang United | 34 | |
| International career | |||
| 1979–1991 | Singapore | 105[1] | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Lee (born 10 April 1958) is a Singaporean formerfootballer who last played for theSingapore national football team andGeylang United as a goalkeeper.[2]
He was part of the Singapore Malaysia League side that won the 1994Malaysia Cup andMalaysian League title. He had also won the first ever S.league title and Singapore Cup "double", withGeylang United in 1996. He had since retired from professional football in 1997.
Lee was born to a mechanic and housewife in 1958 and stayed inCommonwealth, Singapore.[3] As the eldest child, he has two younger brothers and two younger sisters.[4]
At 15, Lee was selected for the National Youth badminton team.[3] He was subsequently spotted byFootball Association of Singapore chairmanN. Ganesan and was drafted into the National Youth football team.[3]
In 1982, Lee, withFandi Ahmad, joined Indonesian clubNiac Mitra.[3] In 1983, Lee left Niac Mitra due to a suddenGalatama League ban on foreign players.[4]
Lee rejoinedTiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club on his return to Singapore.[5]
In 1987, Lee joined theTyrwhitt Soccerites, playing in Division Two in Singapore football.[6]
At the end of 1988, Lee joinedJurong Town, despite Tyrwhitt Soccerites promoted from Division Two to Division One in 1988 and then promoted to theFAS Premier League at the end of the 1988 season.[6]
After three years in the National Youth team, Lee was picked for the national football team and became the reserve goalkeeper forEdmund Wee in 1979.[4]
In 1980, during the Asian group of the pre-Olympics tournament, Wee was injured shortly after the start of a match againstNorth Korea.[4] Lee was substituted on and Singapore won the match 3–1. As a result, he was chosen again for theMalaysia Cup final later in the year where Singapore won 2–1 againstSelangor.[4]
Lee played for the national team in the1983 SEA Games and won the silver medal.[7]
In 1995, Lee was investigated formatch fixing, along with some other national football team players, for a match between Singapore andPerlis.[8] He and the other players were subsequently cleared of the charges by theCorrupt Practices Investigation Bureau of Singapore.
Lee is the former goalkeeping coach ofSingapore Armed Forces Football Club and currently trains the youth goalkeepers at theSingapore Sports School.
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | Singapore national team captain 1996 | Succeeded by |
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