Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michael James Duckworth [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 28 April 1992||
Place of birth | Rinteln, Germany | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back [2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | York City | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2010 | York City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Harrogate Railway Athletic | ||
2011–2013 | Bradford Park Avenue | 38 | (3) |
2013–2016 | Hartlepool United | 80 | (3) |
2016–2017 | Fleetwood Town | 4 | (0) |
2017 | → Morecambe (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2017–2020 | FC Halifax Town | 67 | (3) |
2020– | York City | 40 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 7 April 2023 (UTC) |
Michael James Duckworth (born 28 April 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for National League club York City. He has played in the English Football League for Hartlepool United, Fleetwood Town and Morecambe.
Duckworth was born in Rinteln, Lower Saxony, Germany [2] and lived there for six months before being raised in Rawcliffe, York, England. [4] He started playing for his local team in Rawcliffe aged five, before joining York City's youth team aged 10. [5] Duckworth signed a two-year scholarship with York in May 2008 after graduating from the club's Centre of Excellence. [6] However, he was released after failing to earn a professional contract in May 2010. [7]
Duckworth moved into non-League football in October 2010 when signing for Harrogate Railway Athletic of the Northern Premier League Division One North. [8] He signed for Bradford Park Avenue in August 2011 [9] and made 24 appearances, scoring 6 goals, in the 2011–12 season as they won promotion to the Conference North via the Northern Premier League Premier Division play-offs. [10] He made 43 appearances in 2012–13 [11] [12] and won the club's Supporters' Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards. [13]
Duckworth went on trial at League Two club Hartlepool United in July 2013 after being recommended to them by Bradford Park Avenue manager John Deacey. [14] His trial was a success and he signed a month-to-month contract with Hartlepool on 22 August 2013. [15] [16] He made his professional debut two days later after playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home defeat against Fleetwood Town. [11] In September 2013, Duckworth was rewarded for his early season form by signing a new contract for a longer period to extend his stay at Victoria Park. [17]
Duckworth signed for League One club Fleetwood Town on 17 June 2016. [18] On 31 January 2017, he joined League Two club Morecambe on loan until the end of 2016–17. [19]
Duckworth signed for newly promoted National League club FC Halifax Town on 5 August 2017 on a one-year contract. [20]
Duckworth re-signed for York City, with the club now in the National League North, on 13 August 2020. [21]
Having joined Bradford Park Avenue as a winger or a forward, he was converted by manager John Deacey into playing as an attacking right-back. [13] [22]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bradford Park Avenue | 2012–13 [11] [12] | Conference North | 38 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 43 | 3 | |
Hartlepool United | 2013–14 [23] | League Two | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 36 | 0 |
2014–15 [24] | League Two | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 40 | 4 | |
2015–16 [25] | League Two | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
Total | 80 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 94 | 4 | ||
Fleetwood Town | 2016–17 [26] | League One | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Morecambe (loan) | 2016–17 [26] | League Two | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
FC Halifax Town | 2017–18 [11] | National League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
2018–19 [11] | National League | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
2019–20 [11] | National League | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
Total | 67 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 75 | 3 | |||
York City | 2020–21 [11] [27] | National League North | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
2021–22 [11] [28] | National League North | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
2022-23 | National League | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
Total | 40 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 51 | 3 | |||
Career total | 243 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 283 | 13 |
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