Canada's Promise David extends contract with Belgian champion Union Saint-Gilloise

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 17, 2025 5:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Canadian planetary guardant Promise David has extended his enactment with Belgium champion Union Saint-Gilloise.

The 23-year-old David, whose existing declaration ran until 2027 with an option, is present signed with the Belgian nine until June 2029.

David scored 24 goals and added 5 assists successful 41 matches past season, helping Union Saint-Gilloise to its archetypal league rubric successful 90 years.

David is presently successful Vancouver with Canada, which was scheduled to unfastened Gold Cup play against Honduras aboriginal Tuesday astatine B.C. Place Stadium earlier heading to Houston to look Curacao and El Salvador.

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David scored successful his elder debut for Canada successful a 4-2 triumph implicit Ukraine earlier this period astatine the Canadian Shield Tournament successful Toronto.

Born successful Brampton to Nigerian parents, David made his debut for the Nigerian under-23 broadside successful October 2022. But successful February, aft talks with Canada manager Jesse Marsch, his petition to power allegiance was approved by FIFA.

David started astatine the Toronto FC pre-academy, spending 2 oregon 3 years determination earlier helium was fto spell astatine 14. He recovered a caller location with Vaughan SC.

After precocious school, David elected to spell pro alternatively than the U.S. assemblage way — helium lone got 1 partial assistance offer, from Appalachian State.

After attending a tryout campy held by a Croatian second-division squad successful suburban Oakville successful 2019, helium recovered himself successful Croatia 2 weeks later. That led to a determination to third-division NK Trnje Zagreb wherever helium played successful the under-19 league against younker sides from apical teams.

In 2021, helium returned to North America to articulation FC Tulsa of the USL Championship. The adjacent twelvemonth helium went to Malta wherever helium was initially assigned to the under-19 squad astatine Valetta FC but was rapidly promoted to the elder side. After the squad survived relegation, helium switched clubs and deed a roadblock astatine Sirens FC, wherever helium didn't play.

The six-foot-four 209-pounder joined Estonia's Kalju FC successful In aboriginal 2023 earlier moving to Belgium past July.