Promise Oluwatobi Emmanuel Akinpelu

Promise David arrived at Union Saint-Gilloise by a route that ran through three different footballing cultures before he turned 23. He started out at Toronto FC's academy and at Vaughan Azzurri in Canada, then went looking for a way into European football through Croatia's NK Trnje and two Maltese clubs, Valletta and Sirens. That came in Estonia, at Nõmme Kalju, where he scored 21 league goals in 39 appearances across two seasons.

Union Saint-Gilloise signed him in 2024 for an initial €400,000, a fee that could rise to €600,000 with add-ons, while Nõmme Kalju kept a 15% sell-on clause. David became a key striker in Brussels, scoring 29 league goals in 59 appearances and helping the club win the Belgian Pro League in 2024–25 and the Belgian Cup in 2025–26. He also scored in the Champions League, against Bodø/Glimt. That form led to a loan move to Brighton & Hove Albion in August 2026, with an obligation to buy set at around £22 million.

David represented Nigeria at Under-23 level in 2022 but never won a senior cap there. In early 2025 he switched his allegiance to Canada, made his senior debut for them that June, and was named in Canada's squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.