Yasmani Duk

Yasmani Duk

Duk after scoring for the NY Cosmos
Personal information
Full name Yasmani Georges Duk Arandia
Date of birth (1988-03-01) March 1, 1988
Place of birth Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
New York Cosmos
(on loan from Sport Boys Warnes)
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Oriente Petrolero 74 (22)
2012–2013La Paz (loan) 38 (7)
2015– Sport Boys Warnes 14 (5)
2016–New York Cosmos (loan) 12 (2)
National team
2015– Bolivia 10 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2016

Yasmani Georges Duk Arandia (born 1 March 1988) is a Bolivian football striker who is currently playing for the New York Cosmos on loan from Sport Boys Warnes in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.[1] His signing with the club was announced in February 2016.

International career

Duk was convened for the first time to the Bolivia national team in front of Colombia on March 22, 2013. Duk started all three group stage matches for Bolivia at the Copa America Centenario.

Duk earned his first cap for the Bolivian national team and scored his first international goal on Nov. 17, 2015 against Paraguay in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. From 2013-15, he took the pitch for Oriente Petrolero of Bolivia’s top flight, netting 21 times in 61 appearances for the four-time league champions.

The 27-year-old No. 9 has competed professionally in his home country for six years, mostly with Oriente Petrolero. He scored seven goals in 38 appearances on loan to La Paz F.C. from 2012–13, and joined Sport Boys Warnes, his most recent club, in 2015. With Duk Sport Boys captured its first Torneo Apertura title, qualifying for the 2017 Copa Libertadores.

International goals

Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1
17 November 2015 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay
1–0
1–2
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. Profile - NY Cosmos

External links


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