David Seal
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| David Seal | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Seal | |
| Date of birth | January 26, 1972 | |
| Place of birth | Penrith, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Height | 1,80 m. (5 ft 11 ins) | |
| Playing position | striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1989-1990 1990-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1997 1997-1999 1999-2000 2000-2006 2006 2006-2007 2007 |
Sydney Croatia Marconi Stallions Sydney Olympic Eendracht Aalst Bristol City Northampton Town Northern Spirit Mangotsfield United Yate Town Mangotsfield United Bitton A.F.C. |
31 (17) 47 (28) 23 (10) 51 (10) 46 (13) 20 (9) 236 (166) 10 (4) 2 (1) |
| National team | ||
| 1990-1991 1991-1992 |
 Australia U-20 Australia U-23 |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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David Seal (born 26 January 1972) is an Australian football (soccer) player who last played for Bitton A.F.C. in the Western Football League Premier Division in England. He represented Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Spain. He plays as a striker.
He started his career in the old National soccer league (NSL) in Australia where he played for Sydney Croatia, Marconi Stallions and Sydney Olympic and was the NSL top goal scorer two years in a row in the 1989/1990 season with Sydney Croatia scoring 14 goals and the 1990/1991 season with Marconi Stallions scoring 19 goals.
He moved to Europe in 1993, joining Belgian side Eendracht Aalst in Belgium. He had a trial with Norwich City while at Eendracht but no contract was offered. In October 1994 he moved to England, joining Bristol City for a fee of £80,000. He moved to Northampton Town on loan in August 1997, scoring four times in six league games during his loan spell. Such was his form that the move was made permanent, Seal costing the Cobblers £90,000, on September 12, 1997.
He finished his first season with Northampton as their leading goalscoring, with 14 goals in league and cup games. He was also the leading goalscorer for their reserve side with 12 goals in 10 games. He remained with Northampton until May 1999 when he was released after Northampton's relegation to Division Three.
He returned to Australia to play for Northern Spirit in the NSL where he scored 9 goals in 20 appearances. However, after just one season he returned to England where he joined Mangotsfield United in July 2000. In the 2001-02 season he scored 11 goals in the FA Cup for Mangotsfield, earning him an award as the FA Cup's leading goalscorer. He scored 166 goals in 236 appearances for Mangotsfield, before joining local rivals Yate Town F.C. in July 2006 [1].
His stay with Yate lasted only four months, Seal returning to Mangotsfield United in December 2006 [2].
In March 2007, he joined Western Football League Premier Division side Bitton A.F.C. but has since left the club.
[edit] External links
- Player Statistics at www.ozfootball.net
- David Seal's career stats at Soccerbase
- David Seal Player profile at www.ex-canaries.co.uk
- Player statistics for 2007 at Bitton
- Player stats for 2006/07 at Mangotsfield
[edit] References
| Preceded by Zlatko Nastevski |
NSL Golden Boot 1989/90-1990/91 |
Succeeded by Tim Bredbury, Kimon Taliadoros |
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