Duda playing for Legia Warsaw in 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ondrej Duda | ||
Date of birth | 5 December 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Snina, Slovakia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Hertha BSC | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Snina | |||
Košice | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2014 | Košice | 33 | (5) |
2014–2016 | Legia Warsaw | 67 | (10) |
2016– | Hertha BSC | 1 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2012–2013 | Slovakia U19 | 1 | (1) |
2013– | Slovakia U21 | 7 | (3) |
2014– | Slovakia | 14 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2016 |
Ondrej Duda (born 5 December 1994) is a Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for German club Hertha BSC and the Slovakia national football team. His nicknames are Dudinho and Ondrej di Maria.
Duda began his football career at his hometown club MFK Snina. He later moved to MFK Košice, where he rose through the youth team ranks, making his first-team debut for the club at the age of 17 as a late substitute during a 1–0 home win against ŠK Slovan Bratislava.
In the winter of 2013-2014, Duda decided to not extend his contract with Košice, which would expire the following summer. In February 2014, Duda then joined Legia Warsaw on a four-and-a-half year deal.
On 30 July 2015, Duda was hit by a stone in Legia's UEFA Europa League qualifier away at FK Kukesi in Albania, being stretchered off and the match abandoned. The game was awarded as a 3–0 Legia victory and their opponents were fined £49,160 and forced to play their next European home match behind closed doors.
On 20 July 2016, Duda signed for Bundesliga side Hertha BSC on a five-year deal. After being sidelined with a knee injury shortly after signing and also undergoing a knee operation in November 2016, Duda made his competitive debut for Hertha on the 25th February 2017 in a 2-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt as an 89th minute substitute, 7 months after signing with the club.
Duda made his international debut for Slovakia on 18 November 2014, replacing Marek Hamšík in the 59th minute of a 2–1 friendly win over Finland in Žilina. Duda scored Slovakia's first goal in their UEFA Euro 2016 campaign with an equalising goal to make it 1–1 against Wales. Slovakia went on to lose 2–1.