Manny Duku

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Manny Duku
Personal information
Full name Immanuelson Kwadwo Opoku Duku [1]
Date of birth (1992-12-28) 28 December 1992 (age 31) [1]
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Hednesford Town
Youth career
Legmeervogels
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2018–2019 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)
2020–2021 Raith Rovers 20 (5)
2021–2022 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 20 (0)
2022 Havant & Waterlooville 18 (7)
2022–2023 York City 27 (4)
2023 Manchester 62 6 (6)
2024 Maidstone United 6 (0)
2024 Wealdstone 9 (2)
2024– Hednesford Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:10, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Immanuelson Kwadwo Opoku Duku (born 28 December 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Northern Premier League Division One West club Hednesford Town.

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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 on to 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 on to 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 on to 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]

In July 2024, Duku joined Northern Premier League Division One West side Hednesford Town. [25]

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Duku is of Ghanaian descent. [26]

Career statistics

As of 7 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chesham United 2015–16 [27] Southern League Premier Division4000—0040
Hemel Hempstead Town 2015–16 [27] National League South 00——1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Kings Langley 2015–16 [27] Southern League Division One Central152——00152
2016–17 [27] Southern League Premier Division29510—4 [lower-alpha 2] 0345
Total48710—40497
Banbury United 2016–17 [27] Southern League Premier Division122——00122
Hayes & Yeading United 2017–18 [27] Southern League Division One East393354—6 [lower-alpha 3] 25039
Cheltenham Town 2018–19 [1] League Two 111100010131
Barnet (loan) 2018–19 [1] National League 6340001 [lower-alpha 1] 1114
FC Halifax Town (loan) 2018–19 [1] National League123000000123
Torquay United 2019–20 [1] National League150100000160
Hayes & Yeading United 2019–20 [1] Southern League Premier Division South7400000074
Raith Rovers 2020–21 [1] Scottish Championship 20510453 [lower-alpha 4] 02810
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2021–22 [1] Scottish Championship20000421 [lower-alpha 5] 0252
Havant & Waterlooville 2021–22 [1] National League South18700—00187
York City 2022–23 National League27411001 [lower-alpha 1] 2297
Career total235691458718527586
  1. 1 2 3 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

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References

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  2. ↑ Hoe spits Manny Duku via het amateurvoetbal prof werd in Engeland vice.com
  3. 1 2 "Hayes & Yeading's Dutch delight: Manny Duku, the red-hot record-breaker". Non League Daily. 19 April 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ↑ "Eastbourne Borough vs. Hemel Hempstead Town". Soccerway. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Manny Duku moves to Hayes & Yeading United". Banbury United Official Site. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "NEW SIGNING: Immanuelson Duku". Cheltenham Town Official Site. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Cheltenham Town vs. Crawley Town". Soccerway. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Loan | Immanuelson Duku joins Barnet FC". www.barnetfc.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Double Loan Signing".
  10. ↑ Cheltenham Town striker Manny Duku joins Torquay United, gloucestershirelive.co.uk, 12 June 2019
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  12. ↑ Hayes & Yeading United FC [@HYUFC_Official] (1 January 2020). "PLAYER NEWS 2" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ↑ Manny Duku Archived 27 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine , raithrovers.net, 3 August 2020
  14. ↑ "Manny Duku signs for ICTFC". ICTFC. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "Manny Duku leaves ICTFC". ICTFC. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  16. ↑ "HWFC announce the signing of Manny Duku". Havant & Waterlooville FC. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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  21. ↑ Signing Announcement Manchester 62 FC. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  22. ↑ "Deal for Duku". 23 January 2024.
  23. ↑ "Experienced forward Duku joins the club". 8 March 2024.
  24. ↑ "Retained List 2024". 10 May 2024.
  25. ↑ "Hednesford Town Sign Manny Duku". www.hednesfordtownfc.com. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  26. ↑ "Performance of Ghanaian Players Abroad: Yartey sparkles, Ache strikes as Antwi hits brace as 20 players score 23 goals abroad". 12 August 2019.
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