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Manny Duku

Manny Duku

Dutch footballer (born 1992)

Immanuelson Kwadwo Opoku Duku (born 28 December 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who last played as a forward for National League club Wealdstone.

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Club career

Born in Amsterdam, Duku started his career with Legmeervogels. He was on trial with the reserve team of Eredivisie side Heerenveen[2] at the age of 18 in 2011, before enjoying spells in the lower leagues with Legmeervogels, Abcoude, Breukelen and VV Eemdijk. He left for England to join Oxford City on a trial basis in 2015, despite not playing a minute of football for his new club, VV Eemdijk.[3]

Following his first pre-season in England, Duku opted to join Chesham United over Oxford and went onto only appear four times for the Buckinghamshire-based side before making the switch to Hemel Hempstead Town.[3] After just a sole appearance in an FA Trophy tie against Eastbourne Borough,[4] Duku went onto enjoy spells with Kings Langley and Banbury United before joining Southern League side Hayes & Yeading United prior to the 2017–18 campaign.[5]

On 26 July 2018, Duku agreed to deal to join League Two side Cheltenham Town on a two-year deal.[6] On the opening day of the 2018–19 campaign, he went onto make his Football League debut during Cheltenham's 1–0 home defeat to Crawley Town.[7] Duku joined Barnet on loan in October 2018 until the end of the calendar year.[8]

In February 2019 he joined FC Halifax Town on loan for a month.[9] On 12 June 2019 it was announced that Duku will join National League club Torquay United.[10] On 9 December 2019, it was announced his contract was cancelled by mutual consent so he could return to the Netherlands with his young family. Later in an interview with Dutch website "Voetbalzone", the player contradicted this, saying this was only a statement of the club, not himself.[11] Early the following year, Duku re-joined Hayes & Yeading on 1 January 2020.[12]

On 3 August 2020, Duku signed a one year contract with Scottish Championship club Raith Rovers.[13]

On 16 June 2021, Duku signed for fellow Scottish club Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a one-year deal.[14] He left the club by mutual agreement in January 2022.[15]

On 3 February 2022, Duku signed for National League South side Havant & Waterlooville.[16] He left the club at the end of the season.[17]

In July 2022, Duku joined newly promoted, York City in the National League.[18] He scored his first goal for the club on his debut in a friendly against Middlesbrough.[19] He was released after one season with the club.[20] Upon the expiry of his contract, Duku moved to Gibraltar to join Manchester 62.[21]

In January 2024, Duku returned to England, signing for National League South side Maidstone United.[22] In March 2024, Duku signed for National League club Wealdstone.[23] He scored twice in ten games before being released at the end of the season.[24]

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Duku is of Ghanaian descent.[25]

Career statistics

As of 7 April 2023
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  1. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. One appearance in Southern League Cup, three in FA Trophy
  3. Two appearances in FA Trophy, three appearances and two goals in Southern League Cup, one appearance in Southern League Division One East play-offs
  4. Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
  5. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References

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    "M. Duku: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. [2]
    Hoe spits Manny Duku via het amateurvoetbal prof werd in Engeland vice.com
  3. [3]
    "Hayes & Yeading's Dutch delight: Manny Duku, the red-hot record-breaker". Non League Daily. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Eastbourne Borough vs. Hemel Hempstead Town". Soccerway. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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    "Manny Duku moves to Hayes & Yeading United". Banbury United Official Site. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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    "NEW SIGNING: Immanuelson Duku". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Cheltenham Town vs. Crawley Town". Soccerway. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  8. [8]
    "Loan | Immanuelson Duku joins Barnet FC". www.barnetfc.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  9. [9]
    "Double Loan Signing".
  10. [10]
    Cheltenham Town striker Manny Duku joins Torquay United, gloucestershirelive.co.uk, 12 June 2019
  11. [11]
    Thomas, David (9 December 2019). "Torquay United's mid-season 'shuffle' under way as striker Manny Duku departs". DevonLive.
  12. [12]
    Hayes & Yeading United FC [@HYUFC_Official] (1 January 2020). "PLAYER NEWS 2" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. [13]
    Manny Duku Archived 27 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine, raithrovers.net, 3 August 2020
  14. [14]
    "Manny Duku signs for ICTFC". ICTFC. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  15. [15]
    "Manny Duku leaves ICTFC". ICTFC. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  16. [16]
    "HWFC announce the signing of Manny Duku". Havant & Waterlooville FC. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  17. [17]
    "Havant and Waterlooville Football Club confirm their official retained list". www.havantandwaterloovillefc.co.uk. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  18. [18]
    "York City sign attacking duo Luke James and Manny Duku ahead of new season". York Press. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  19. [19]
    VAVEL.com (10 July 2022). "York City 2-3 Middlesbrough: City fall short as Boro are victorious". VAVEL. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  20. [20]
    "York City retained list for 2023/24 season". www.yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  21. [21]
    Signing Announcement Manchester 62 FC. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  22. [22]
    https://maidstoneunited.co.uk/2024/01/23/deal-for-duku/
  23. [23]
    https://www.wealdstone-fc.com/post/experienced-forward-duku-joins-the-club
  24. [24]
    https://www.wealdstone-fc.com/post/retained-list-2024
  25. [25]
    "Performance of Ghanaian Players Abroad: Yartey sparkles, Ache strikes as Antwi hits brace as 20 players score 23 goals abroad". 12 August 2019.
  26. [26]
    "Manny Duku Profile". Aylesbury United. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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