David Schipper

David Schipper

Personal information
Full name	David Schipper
Date of birth	September 27, 1991 (Age 25)
Place of birth	San Diego, California United States
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Midfielder / Full-back
Club information
Current team	Ibiza Sant Rafel FC
Number	8
Youth career
2006–2010	Nomads Academy
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	University of Arizona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Seattle Impact	6	(3)
2014	FC Force	11	(4)
2015–2017	York Region Shooters	56	(17)
2017–	Ibiza Sant Rafel FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

David Schipper (born September 27, 1991 in San Diego, California) is an American professional soccer player currently playing for Ibiza Sant Rafel FC of the Tercera División.^[1]

Career

Early career

In his one year of playing in High School, Schipper helped Bonita Vista High School Men's Soccer to be Ranked #2 in the County and led them to win the Mesa League Conference as well as being named to the Mesa League All Conference First Team. Prior to college, Schipper started his soccer career playing for the La Jolla Nomads, the same club that produced United States men's national soccer team players such as Frankie Hejduk, Steve Cherundolo, Joe Corona and many others. While playing for Nomads, Schipper got invited to the National Team Camp & was selected to the national team pool in November 2009. From 2010-2014, He went on to play four seasons of college soccer at the University of Arizona. He was named captain his Junior and Senior year as well as receiving awards such as First Team All Conference, Conference Player of the Year, and Most Valuable Player. During his 4 year career at Arizona they went 38-19-9 reaching the National Semifinals in 2010 and have a Top 25 finish the following years.^[2]

Professional

Schipper began his professional career in 2013, when he was invited to Mexico for trails with both Dorados de Sinaloa and Atlante FC who both play in the Ascenso MX but was released during pre-season without a contract.

Seattle Impact FC

Schipper signed his first professional contract with the Seattle Impact of the Major Arena Soccer League on November 28 for its inaugural season in 2014. In 6 games played during the 2014 season Schipper scored 3 goals on 9 shots. His goals came on 12/7/14 vs. Sacramento Surge on a 6-5 victory and scoring the game winning goal. Schipper’s other 2 goals came on 12/14/14 vs. Ontario Fury in a 13-10 defeat^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

FC Force

He also went on to play a season with FC Force in the National Premier Soccer League in 2014 who won the Southwest Conference in the West Region that season.^[8][9]

York Region Shooters

In April 2015, Schipper went on a trial with York Region Shooters of the Canadian Soccer League and signed a three year deal for the club. In 2015 the Shooters secured a postseason berth by finishing third in the standings with the second best offensive record.^[10] The Shooters faced Burlington SC in the quarterfinals and advanced to the next round after a 4–2 victory.^[11] Their playoff journey came to a conclusion after losing 3–2 to Toronto Croatia in the semi-finals who ended up winning the Canadian Soccer League championship final.^[12] At the end of the 2015 CSL season, Schipper was loaned out during the summer transfer window in July 2015 to brazilian club Goiatuba Esporte Clube who he signed with for 6 months who play in the third division of the Campeonato Goiano and then was invited into pre-season with Futebol Clube Cascavel in Brazil who play in the top flight of the Campeonato Paranaense and made a brief stint until suffering an injury.

Schipper returned to the Shooters in 2016 for the second year of his contract. The season marked another achievement for the York Region club as they captured their fifth regular season championship, thus establishing a CSL record for most regular season titles.^[13] They also achieved a team milestone by recording their best defensive record allowing only 10 goals all season, a record not matched since the Ottawa Wizards in the 2003 CPSL season. In their playoff run the Maple-based club defeated Milton SC 5–0 in the quarterfinals.^[14] In the semifinal the Shooters suffered a crushing 2–1 defeat in a penalty shootout to Hamilton City SC.^[15]

Ibiza Sant Rafel FC

Schipper opted out of his third and final year of contract with the Shooters to pursue a career playing overseas in Europe. Schipper received offers from both Örebro Syrianska IF of the Swedish Football Division 2 in the Södra Svealand region and Ibiza Sant Rafel FC of the Tercera División de España who play in Group XI in the Balearic Islands. He agreed to terms with the Spanish club and joined them for the remainder of the 2016 season who finished in 6th place. ^[16]

Honours

FC Force

• National Premier Soccer League Southwest Conference Champions (1): 2014

York Region Shooters

• Canadian Soccer League Regular Season Champions (1): 2016

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