Facts: - name: david roe - professional: 1986 -- 2010 - birth date: 11 september 1965 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david roe .
david roe -lrb- born 11 september 1965 -rrb- is a former english professional snooker player , and a four-time ranking tournament quarter-finalist .roe began his professional career for the 1986/1987 season .in his second professional season he reached the last 32 or better in four tournaments , and a year later he reached the last 16 of the world championship on his crucible debut , to reach the top 32 of the rankings .he also won the bbc 's '' shot of the championship '' that year at the crucible for a long pot with safety in mind along almost the full length of the table .he then had two poorer seasons , before two quarter-finals in 1991/1992 .a year later he reached the top 16 , despite not reaching a quarter-final in that season .roe spent three successive seasons in the top 16 and reached a highest position of 13th in 1994/1995 -lrb- up from , and back down to , no. 16 in 1993/1994 and 1995/1996 respectively -rrb- .he then plunged directly out of the top 32 after a succession of early defeats , and never regained this status .a run to the last 16 of the china open was the highlight of roe 's 2005/2006 season .he had to win three qualifying matches to secure his position at the beijing event , where he defeated li yin xi -lrb- a wild card -rrb- and paul hunter , before ultimately losing 5 -- 3 to joe swail .in 2006/2007 his best were two last-32 runs , and another followed at the 2008 welsh open , the highlight of a solid 2007/2008 season .conversely he won just two matches in the 2008/2009 season , causing him to drop to no. 62 in the rankings , carrying a very low one-year total of 4320 into 2009/2010 .roe dropped off the tour at the end of the 2009/2010 season , after 24 years as a professional .he moved to iran , where he currently coaches their national team , and converted to islam .dave roe is now competing in the nottingham supreme pool league with the beeston sc team .