Luke Singh

Luke Adam Singh (born 12 September 2000) is a professional football player who plays as a defender for Atlético Ottawa in the Canadian Premier League on loan from Toronto FC in Major League Soccer. Born in Canada, he represents the Trinidad and Tobago national team.

This article is about the soccer player. For the British singer-songwriter, see Luke Sital-Singh.

Luke Singh
The player during a match
Luke Singh in 2022 with FC Edmonton
Personal information
Full name Luke Adam Singh
Date of birth (2000-09-12) 12 September 2000
Place of birth Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Atlético Ottawa
(on loan from Toronto FC)
Number 5
Youth career
0000–2015 North Mississauga SC
2015 Brampton Youth SC
2016 Vaughan Azzurri
2017–2020 Toronto FC
2019 → Brøndby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Toronto FC III 10 (1)
2019–2021 Toronto FC II 0 (0)
2019 → Brøndby (loan) 0 (0)
2021 → Toronto FC (loan) 0 (0)
2021– Toronto FC 6 (1)
2021 → Toronto FC II (loan) 7 (2)
2022 → FC Edmonton (loan) 23 (0)
2023– → Atlético Ottawa (loan) 25 (1)
International career‡
2016 Trinidad and Tobago U17 2 (0)
2018 Trinidad and Tobago U20 3 (0)
2023– Trinidad and Tobago 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 7, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 3, 2023

Early life

Singh played youth soccer with North Mississauga SC and the Brampton Youth SC.[1] He also spent some time with the Team Ontario Provincial program.[2] He later moved on to the Toronto FC Academy.

Club career

After spending time in the Toronto FC Academy, he began playing for Toronto FC III in the semi-professional League1 Ontario in 2018. He scored his first goal on August 26 against North Mississauga SC.[3] He went on trial with Danish club Brøndby at the beginning of 2019.[4] He returned to Toronto at the end of January, after suffering an injury.[5]

In March 2019, he signed a professional contract with Toronto FC II of USL League One.[6] He immediately joined Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga on loan, with whom he had trained earlier in the year until the end of 2019.[7][8] He did not make any appearances with the first team, playing primarily with the Reserve team, with whom he scored two goals in 24 appearances, and the U19 team.[9][10][11]

After Toronto FC II withdrew from the 2020 USL League One season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Singh spent a large part of the season training with the first team.[12] In April 2021, he signed a short-term non-MLS loan deal ahead of the club's CONCACAF Champions League match against Mexican side León,[13][14] making his debut as a late game substitute in that match.[15] He signed a second four-day deal on April 13, ahead of the second leg tie against León,[10] making his first start in a 2–1 victory over the Mexican side.[16] He signed an official first team deal on April 16.[17] Singh scored his first goal for TFC on April 24 against Vancouver Whitecaps FC.[18] He was loaned to the second team for some matches in 2021.[19]

In February 2022, Singh was set to join Canadian Premier League side Pacific FC on loan as part of Toronto FC's transfer deal for Lukas MacNaughton,[20] however, the loan ultimately did not proceed following further discussions between the clubs.[21] Instead, the next month on March 3 Toronto announced Singh had joined FC Edmonton on loan for the 2022 CPL season.[22] He made his debut for Edmonton on April 10, in the season-opener against Valour FC.[23]

In March 2023, Singh was sent on a full season loan to Atlético Ottawa in the Canadian Premier League.[24]

International career

Singh is eligible to represent Canada, where he was born, and also Trinidad and Tobago, where both of his parents were born.[25][26]

He attended the Canadian U15 Identification camp in 2014 and 2015.[27]

He first represented the Trinidad and Tobago U17 team in the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualifying tournament, playing two matches.[28][29] He later represented the Trinidad and Tobago U20 team[7] at the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[30]

Singh received his first senior call up to Trinidad and Tobago on May 28, 2021, for their World Cup qualifying matches, but three days later also accepted an invitation to join a Canadian training camp ahead of the same international window.[31][32] He was to join Trinidad and Tobago following the Canadian camp,[33] but on June 7 it was reported that Singh would remain with Canada after the Soca Warriors were eliminated from World Cup qualification.[34][35]

In June 2023, Singh was named to Trinidad and Tobago's roster for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[36] He made his debut for the senior team on June 25, against Saint Kitts and Nevis in their opening match of the tournament.[37]

Career statistics
As of match played October 7, 2023[38]
Club Season League Playoffs National Cup Continental Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Toronto FC III 2018[39] League1 Ontario 101–––101
Toronto FC II 2019 USL League One 00–––00
Brøndby (loan) 2018–19 Danish Superliga 00–000000
2019–20 00–000000
Toronto FC 2021 Major League Soccer 61—002081
Toronto FC II (loan) 2021 USL League One 72–––72
FC Edmonton (loan) 2022 Canadian Premier League 230—10—240
Atlético Ottawa (loan) 2023 Canadian Premier League 251—20—271
Career total 715003020765

References
  1. "Luke Singh profile". Canadian Soccer Association.
  2. "Ontario Players Compete against Quebec in Provincial teams Competition". Ontario Soccer Association. 11 May 2015.
  3. Cheng, Jonathan (27 August 2018). "TFC III Remains Top Of Table After 4–1 Result Over North Miss". League1 Ontario.
  4. Thorsen, Gisle (9 January 2019). "Brøndby giver 'Mini Valderrama' chancen: Sådan scorede han aftalen" [Brøndby gives 'Mini Valderrama' the chance: This is how he scored the agreement]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish).
  5. "Skadet Luke Singh rejser hjem fra træningslejren" [Injured Luke Singh travels home from training camp]. 3 Point (in Danish). 25 January 2019.
  6. "Toronto FC II signs Luke Singh and Ralph Priso". Toronto FC. 5 March 2019.
  7. "Brøndby IF lejer Luke Singh" [Brøndby IF hires Luke Singh]. Brøndby IF (in Danish). 31 January 2019.
  8. "Officielt: Brøndby IF lejer Luke Singh" [Official: Brøndby IF hires Luke Singh]. 3 Point (in Danish). 31 January 2020.
  9. "Luke Singh efter et halvt år i Brøndby: Jeg har lært meget" [Luke Singh after half a year in Brøndby: I have learned a lot]. 3 Point (in Danish). 24 June 2019.
  10. Lindsay, Ryan; Singh, Michael (13 April 2021). "Toronto FC (once again) add Luke Singh to CONCACAF Champions League roster". Waking the Red.
  11. "Luke Singh færdig i Brøndby – Bekræfter retur til Toronto" [Luke Singh finished in Brøndby – Confirms return to Toronto]. 3 Point (in Danish). 11 December 2019.
  12. Kloke, Joshua (24 November 2020). "Greg Vanney unplugged: On a 'most difficult' season and what he's learned about TFC". The Athletic.
  13. Buffery, Steve (7 April 2021). "Short-handed Reds sign TFC II star Luke Singh to round out roster". Toronto Sun. Postmedia Network. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  14. Pollard, Matt (20 June 2016). "MLS 3.0: USL-to-MLS Short Term Loans and Integrity of USL Competition". Last Word on Sports.
  15. "Toronto FC holds Mexico's Club Leon to 1–1 draw in CONCACAF Champions League play". Toronto Star. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  16. "Toronto FC dispatches Club Leon in CONCACAF Champions League play". Sportsnet. 14 April 2021.
  17. "Toronto FC sign defender Luke Singh". Toronto FC. 16 April 2021.
  18. Mood, Abbie (24 April 2021). "Recap: Toronto FC 2, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2". Major League Soccer.
  19. "Toronto FC loan Luke Singh to Toronto FC II". Toronto FC. 16 June 2021.
  20. O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (25 January 2022). "Lukas MacNaughton joins MLS side Toronto FC; Pacific receives Luke Singh on loan". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  21. Jacques, John (4 February 2022). "Luke Singh's Loan To Be Called Off". Northern Tribune.
  22. "Toronto FC loan Luke Singh to FC Edmonton". Toronto FC. 3 March 2022.
  23. Khoury, Anthony (11 April 2022). "Loan Watch: Luke Singh and Andreas Vaikla debut for FC Edmonton". Waking the Red.
  24. "Atletico Ottawa gets Toronto FC centre-back Singh on loan". Toronto Sun. 2 March 2023.
  25. Simon, Nigel (6 May 2020). "T&T USL players get green light for non-contact training". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian.
  26. "Stort interview med Luke Singh: Om to landshold, Radosevic og parykker på Sydsiden" [Great interview with Luke Singh: About two national teams, Radosevic and wigs on the South Side]. 3 Point (in Danish). 27 February 2019.
  27. "Luke Singh Profile". Canadian Soccer Association.
  28. Walcott, Roneil (17 September 2016). "Haiti overcome Immigration issues and weary legs to defeat T&T U-17s in World Cup qualifier". Wired 868.
  29. Walcott, Roneil (21 September 2016). "Jamaica dashes TT's under-17 CFU dreams… but there's still CONCACAF". Wired 868.
  30. Krueger, Adam (24 October 2018). "Toronto FC well represented at CONCACAF U-20 Championship". Toronto FC.
  31. Ramnanansingh, John (28 May 2021). "Trinidad and Tobago football coach Terry Fenwick names 28-man squad for World Cup qualifiers".
  32. Singh, Michael (31 May 2021). "Ayo Akinola among 6 Toronto FC players named to 'extended' Canada squad". Waking the Red.
  33. Liburd, Lasana (31 May 2021). "A tale of two countries: Singh agrees to train with Canada, before he joins Soca Warriors". Wired 868.
  34. Liburd, Lasana (7 June 2021). "Frenderup, Jomal, and Singh ruled out of T&T's final WCQ against St Kitts and Nevis tomorrow".
  35. Liburd, Lasana (4 June 2021). "Salaries are here, but some players are not; Fenwick selects 22-man squad for Bahamas clash". Wired 868.
  36. "Luke Singh called up to Trinidad & Tobago National Team for upcoming 2023 Gold Cup". Atlético Ottawa. 22 June 2023.
  37. "Atlético Ottawa duo Malcolm Shaw, Luke Singh make international debuts as Trinidad and Tobago win Gold Cup Opener". Atlético Ottawa. 27 June 2023.
  38. Luke Singh at Soccerway
  39. "Luke Singh 2018 Stats". League1 Ontario.
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