| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luther Wesley Singh[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-08-05)5 August 1997 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Noordgesig, South Africa[2] | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AEL Limassol | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2015 | Stars of Africa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | GAIS | 36 | (11) |
| 2017–2021 | Braga B | 52 | (14) |
| 2019 | →Chaves (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | →Moreirense (loan) | 21 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | →Paços Ferreira (loan) | 29 | (5) |
| 2021–2023 | Copenhagen | 4 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | →Chaves (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Čukarički | 10 | (2) |
| 2024– | AEL Limassol | 48 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | South Africa U20 | 13 | (9) |
| 2019–2021 | South Africa U23 | 9 | (1) |
| 2017– | South Africa | 13 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:48, 2 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 September 2021 | |||
Luther Wesley Singh (born 5 August 1997) is a South African professionalsoccer player who plays as awinger for Cypriot clubAEL Limassol and theSouth Africa national team.
Prior to making his senior international debut in 2017, Singh represented theSouth Africa national under-20 team, with whom he won the Golden Boot award at both the2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships and the2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.
Singh is an academy graduate of the famed South-African-based Stars of Africa football academy which he joined at the age of 11, after being scouted by Farouk Khan.[4] Through the academy, Singh was afforded the opportunity to train in Brazil when he was 16 where he spent time withVasco da Gama andFluminense.[4]
Singh's success at the Stars of Africa academy caught the attention of numerous clubs and in 2015 Swedishsecond-division sideGAIS signed him.[4][5][6] 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.[7][8] For the2016 campaign, he was converted into a forward and scored the first professionalhat-trick of his career on 22 May in a 7-0 win overÄngelholm.[9] In July, the player confirmed that theReal Madrid B side andSwansea had previously been in contact with Khan, as his agent, over a potentialtransfer. GAIS rejected these advances, however, in a bid to hold on to Singh until his contract expired.[10] In August of the same year, Singh rejected a move toSerie A sidePescara, claiming better options would become available to him once he was afree-agent.[11] He ultimately made 28 appearances for theSuperettan season and scored 9 goals as GAIS ended the campaign in eighth place.[12]
Following the expiration of his contract with GAIS, Singh signed for PortuguesePrimeira Liga sideBraga on 21 January 2017.[13] There, he teamed up with the club'sreserve side who played in theLigaPro. He scored his first goal on 15 February 2017, netting the fifth in a 5–0 win overVizela, and ultimately scored 14 goals in 52 appearances over the next season and a half.[14][15]
In January 2019, Singh joined fellow Primeira Liga sideChaves onloan for the remainder of the season.[16] On 3 January, he made his debut for the club and was named man of the match for his performance in a 0–0 draw withFeirense.[15] He scored his first goal in his third appearance for the club, netting the winner in a 2–1 league win overTondela.[17] He ultimately scored twice in seventeen appearances, but Chaves suffered relegation at the end of the campaign.[18]
On 13 August 2019, he joined another Portuguese clubMoreirense on a season-long loan.[19]
On 21 September 2020, he joined another Portuguese clubPaços de Ferreira on a loan.[20]
On 18 August 2021, Singh was picked up by perennial Danish frontrunnerF.C. Copenhagen on a permanent transfer for an undisclosed fee.[21] He made his debut on 22 August, coming on as a substitute forMohamed Daramy in the 80th minute of a 2–0 win overSønderjyskE.[22] In theUEFA Europa Conference League game againstPAOK on 21 October, he came on as a half-time substitute, but was subbed off again before the final whistle.[23][24] He was heavily criticized for his performance, with Danish commentators during the game saying that "he looks like someone who ate three burgers before coming onto the pitch".[25][26] He was hospitalised in November 2021 after falling ill,[27] something his agent later attributed to depression after being subject to criticism.[28]
Singh joined former club Chaves on a season-long loan on 24 August 2022.[29]
Singh was released from his Copenhagen contract on 1 September 2023.[30]
Singh representedSouth Africa at the2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships and scored in nation's 8-0 win overLesotho during the group stage.[31] After winning all three of their group stage matches, South Africa progressed to the semi-final where they beatAngola 5-0, with Singh netting ahat-trick on the day.[32][33] South Africa lost in the final, however, with an assist from Singh not enough to prevent the nation going down 2-1 toZambia.[34][35] At the conclusion of the tournament Singh was awarded the Golden Boot award for his tally of five goals throughout the competition.[34] He then represented South Africa at the2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations and scored a hat-trick in the nation's opening match againstCameroon.[36] He scored once more againstSenegal before South Africa were eliminated from the competition in the semi-finals, losing out again to eventual championsZambia. Singh's tally of four goals for the tournament, coupled with two assists earned him the Golden Boot award and a spot in the CAF Best XI.[37] In May the same year, Singh was named in South Africa's 21-man squad for the2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[38]
Following his impressive performances at the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Singh was called up by interimmanagerOwen Da Gama to thesenior national team in March 2017 forfriendlies againstGuinea-Bissau andAngola.[39] Though an unused substitute in South Africa's 3–1 win over the former, he made his debut for the national team on 28 March against the latter, starting in a 0–0 draw.[40] The following year he was named inStuart Baxter's provisional squad for the2018 COSAFA Cup before taking part in the2019 edition where he scored his first international goals, againstBotswana andUganda respectively.[41][42]
Singh is of black South African and partial Indian descent, through hisPunjabi Sikh grandfather, and was raised in theNoordgesig township inSoweto. His father, uncle and cousins all played football at an amateur or semi-pro level.[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| GAIS | 2015 | Superettan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | |||
| 2016 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 9 | |||||
| Total | 36 | 11 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 40 | 12 | |||||
| Braga B | 2016–17 | Liga Portugal 2 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 35 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 35 | 11 | ||||||
| 2018–19 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 52 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 52 | 14 | ||||||
| Braga | 2018–19 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Chaves (loan) | 2018–19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| Moreirense (loan) | 2019–20 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 3 | |||
| Paços de Ferreira (loan) | 2020–21 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 5 | |||
| Copenhagen | 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[c] | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chaves (loan) | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Čukarički | 2023–24 | Serbian SuperLiga | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 16 | 2 | ||
| AEL Limassol | 2024–25 | Cypriot First Division | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 214 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 41 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 3 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 June 2019 | Princess Magogo Stadium,KwaMashu, South Africa |  Botswana | 1–0 | 2–2(4–5p) | 2019 COSAFA Cup |
| 2 | 4 June 2019 | Princess Magogo Stadium, KwaMashu, South Africa |  Uganda | 1–1 | 1–1(4–2p) | 2019 COSAFA Cup |
| 3 | 8 October 2020 | Moses Mabhida Stadium,Durban, South Africa |  Namibia | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
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