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Manny Duku
Personal information
Full name Immanuelson Kwadwo Duku[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-28) 28 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Raith Rovers
Youth career
Legmeervogels
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Legmeervogels
2012–2014 Abcoude
2014–2015 Breukelen
2015 VV Eemdijk 0 (0)
2015 Chesham United 4 (0)
2015 Hemel Hempstead Town 0 (0)
2015–2017 Kings Langley 44 (7)
2017 Banbury United 12 (2)
2017–2018 Hayes & Yeading United 39 (33)
2018– Cheltenham Town 11 (1)
2018 → Barnet (loan) 6 (3)
2019 → Halifax Town (loan) 12 (3)
2019 Torquay United 15 (0)
2020 Hayes & Yeading United 7 (4)
2020– Raith Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 August 2020

Immanuelson "Manny" Duku (born 28 December 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Raith Rovers.

Club career

Born in Amsterdam, Duku started his career with Legmeervogels. He was on trial with the reserve team of Eredivisie side Heerenveen[3] at the age of 18 in 2011, before enjoying spells in the lower leagues with Legmeervogels, Abcoude, Breukelen and VV Eemdijk. Eligible to represent Ghana at international level, Duku 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.[4]

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.[4] After just a sole appearance in an FA Trophy tie against Eastbourne Borough,[5] 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.[6]

On 26 July 2018, Duku agreed to deal to join League Two side Cheltenham Town on a two-year deal.[7] 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.[8] Duku joined Barnet on loan in October 2018 until the end of the calendar year.[9]

In February 2019 he joined FC Halifax Town on loan for a month.[10] On 12 June 2019 it was announced that Duku will join National League club Torquay United.[11] 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.[12] Early the following year, Duku re-joined Hayes & Yeading on 1 January 2020.[13]

On the 3rd of August 2020, Manny signed a one year contract with Scottish Championship club Raith Rovers.[14]

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Duku is of Ghanaian descent.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 November 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chesham United 2015–16[16] Southern League Premier Division 4 0 0 0 — 0 0 4 0
Hemel Hempstead Town 2015–16[16] National League South 0 0 — — 1[a] 0 1 0
Kings Langley 2015–16[16] Southern League Division One Central 15 2 — — 0 0 15 2
2016–17[16] Southern League Premier Division 29 5 1 0 — 4[b] 0 34 5
Total 48 7 1 0 — 4 0 49 7
Banbury United 2016–17[16] Southern League Premier Division 12 2 — — 0 0 12 2
Hayes & Yeading United 2017–18[16] Southern League Division One East 39 33 5 4 — 6[c] 2 50 39
Cheltenham Town 2018–19[2] League Two 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 1
Barnet (loan) 2018–19[2] National League 6 3 4 0 0 0 1[a] 1 11 4
FC Halifax Town (loan) 2018–19[2] National League 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3
Torquay United 2019–20[2] National League 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Hayes & Yeading United 2019–20[2] Southern League Premier Division South 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Raith Rovers 2020-21 Scottish Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 150 53 12 4 0 0 13 3 173 58
  1. ^ a b 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


References

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Cheltenham Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 74. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "I. Duku". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. ^ Hoe spits Manny Duku via het amateurvoetbal prof werd in Engeland vice.com
  4. ^ a b "Hayes & Yeading's Dutch delight: Manny Duku, the red-hot record-breaker". Non League Daily. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Eastbourne Borough vs. Hemel Hempstead Town". Soccerway. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Manny Duku moves to Hayes & Yeading United". Banbury United Official Site. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  7. ^ "NEW SIGNING: Immanuelson Duku". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Cheltenham Town vs. Crawley Town". Soccerway. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  9. ^ Loan | Immanuelson Duku joins Barnet FC
  10. ^ https://fchalifaxtown.com/news/double-loan-signing/
  11. ^ Cheltenham Town striker Manny Duku joins Torquay United, gloucestershirelive.co.uk, 12 June 2019
  12. ^ https://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/torquay-uniteds-mid-season-shuffle-3622819
  13. ^ [1]
  14. ^ Manny Duku, raithrovers.net, August 3rd 2020
  15. ^ "Performance of Ghanaian Players Abroad: Yartey sparkles, Ache strikes as Antwi hits brace as 20 players score 23 goals abroad – Ghana Sports Online".
  16. ^ a b c d e f "Manny Duku Profile". Aylesbury United. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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