Óscar Duarte (footballer, born 1989)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Duarte and the second or maternal family name is Gaitán.
Óscar Duarte
Oscar Duarte Club Brugge (cropped).jpg
Duarte with Club Brugge in 2014
Personal information
Full name Óscar Esaú Duarte Gaitán[1]
Date of birth (1989-06-03) 3 June 1989 (age 32)
Place of birth Catarina, Nicaragua
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Levante
Number 6
Youth career
Saprissa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Saprissa 48 (2)
2010 → Puntarenas (loan) 15 (1)
2013–2016 Club Brugge 84 (7)
2016–2019 Espanyol 51 (1)
2019– Levante 46 (1)
National team‡
2010– Costa Rica 67 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:23, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021

Óscar Esaú Duarte Gaitán (born 3 June 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Levante. Born in Nicaragua, he represents the Costa Rica national team.

Club career[]

Duarte was born in Catarina, Masaya, Nicaragua.[3] After making 52 appearances in five years at Costa Rican club Deportivo Saprissa, Duarte joined Club Brugge in the Belgian Pro League in 2013.[4]

International career[]

Duarte made his debut for the Costa Rica national football team against Jamaica on 17 November 2010 and played for the team at the 2011 Copa Centroamericana, where they lost to Honduras in the final.[4]

In June 2014, Duarte was named in Costa Rica's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup,[5] becoming the first Nicaragua-born player at a World Cup finals.[3]

In the team's opening match, he scored his first goal for Los Ticos in a 3–1 defeat of Uruguay.[6] In their second match, the team beat Italy, a 1–0 win that qualified Costa Rica for the knockout stage.[7] Costa Rica completed the group stage unbeaten, recording a second consecutive clean sheet in a 0–0 draw with England in Belo Horizonte.[8] On 29 June, Duarte was sent off for receiving two yellow cards in Costa Rica's round of 16 match against Greece. The team advanced via a penalty shootout to the quarter-finals for the first time in their history, where they lost on penalties to the Netherlands.[9]

In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[10]

Career statistics[]

Duarte's goal against Uruguay at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

International[]

As of match played 16 November 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Costa Rica 2010 1 0
2011 6 0
2013 2 0
2014 11 2
2015 6 0
2016 7 0
2017 2 0
2018 9 0
2019 8 0
2020 3 0
2021 12 1
Total 67 3
Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Duarte goal.
List of international goals scored by Óscar Duarte
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 June 2014 Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza Brazil  Uruguay 2–1 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup
2 14 October 2014 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea  South Korea 3–1 3–1 Friendly
3 16 November 2021 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica  Honduras 1–0 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[]

Saprissa

Brugge

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Costa Rica" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  2. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b Nica Oscar Duarte debuta en el Mundial con la Selección de Costa Rica – El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
  4. ^ a b "Oscar DUARTE". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Costa Rica World Cup 2014 squad". The Telegraph. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Uruguay 1–3 Costa Rica". BBC. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Italy 0–1 Costa Rica". BBC. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  8. ^ Taylor, Daniel (24 June 2014). "England end disappointing World Cup with barren draw against Costa Rica". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Costa Rica 1–1 Greece". BBC. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  10. ^ Arnold, Jon (14 May 2018). "Keylor Navas & six MLS players named in Costa Rica's 23-man World Cup squad". Goal. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Óscar Duarte". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 June 2018.

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