Dilly Duka
 |
|||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dilaver Duka | ||||||||
| Date of birth | September 15, 1989 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Montville, New Jersey, United States | ||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||
|
Current team
|
Columbus Crew SC | ||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2008 | New Jersey Rangers | 0 | (0) | ||||||
| 2008–2009 | Newark Ironbound Express | 7 | (1) | ||||||
| 2010–2012 | Columbus Crew SC | 45 | (2) | ||||||
| 2013–2014 | Chicago Fire | 37 | (4) | ||||||
| 2014–2015 | Montreal Impact | 41 | (5) | ||||||
| 2016– | Columbus Crew SC | 15 | (1) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2009 | United States U20 | 13 | (2) | ||||||
| 2012 | United States U23 | 1 | (0) | ||||||
|
Honours
|
|||||||||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 29, 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 4, 2012 |
|||||||||
Dilaver "Dilly" Duka (born September 15, 1989) is an American soccer player currently playing for Columbus Crew SC in Major League Soccer.
Duka grew up in Montville, New Jersey, to an Albanian family originally from Debar. Duka played at Montville Township High School and played college soccer at Rutgers University. During his time at Rutgers, he led the team in scoring and was a 2008 All-Big East selection. For his career, he played in thirty-six games, making thirty-five starts, scoring ten goals and contributing five assists.
During his college years Duka played two seasons with the Newark Ironbound Express in the USL Premier Development League. He actually started 2008 with the New Jersey Rangers but he never made an appearance for the club.
Duka was drafted in the first round (eighth overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by Columbus Crew. He made his debut for the Crew on 14 August 2010 against Real Salt Lake in a 2–0 defeat. Later that season he made his first start for Columbus, picking up a yellow card in a 1–0 victory at D.C. United on 4 September 2010. Duka made five appearances in the 2010-11 CONCACAF Champions League, providing two assists, and also made three appearances in the 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Duka scored his first career goal on 15 October 2011 in a 3–0 victory over New England Revolution. He trapped an attempted clearance outside the box and finished from the left side of the penalty area in the 59th minute. He would go on to score his second career goal in the Crew's next match, a 3–2 defeat to Chicago Fire on 22 October 2011. Duka appeared against Colorado Rapids in the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs as the Crew were eliminated 1–0 by the defending champions in the wildcard round.
...
Wikipedia