Óscar Duarte (footballer, born 1989)
![]() Duarte with Club Brugge in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Óscar Esaú Duarte Gaitán[1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 June 1989 | ||
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[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Uruguay_-_Costa_Rica_FIFA_World_Cup_2014_%281%29.jpg/220px-Uruguay_-_Costa_Rica_FIFA_World_Cup_2014_%281%29.jpg)
International[]
- As of match played 16 November 2021[11]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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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.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 14 June 2014 | Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza Brazil | ![]() |
2–1 | 3–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup |
2 | 14 October 2014 | Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea | ![]() |
3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
3 | 16 November 2021 | Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours[]
Saprissa
Brugge
- Belgian Pro League: 2015–16
- Belgian Cup: 2015
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ a b Nica Oscar Duarte debuta en el Mundial con la Selección de Costa Rica – El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
- ^ a b "Oscar DUARTE". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Costa Rica World Cup 2014 squad". The Telegraph. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ "Uruguay 1–3 Costa Rica". BBC. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ "Italy 0–1 Costa Rica". BBC. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ Taylor, Daniel (24 June 2014). "England end disappointing World Cup with barren draw against Costa Rica". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ^ "Costa Rica 1–1 Greece". BBC. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Óscar Duarte". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
External links[]
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- Óscar Duarte – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Óscar Duarte at FootballDatabase.eu
- Living people
- 1989 births
- Nicaraguan emigrants to Costa Rica
- Costa Rican people of Nicaraguan descent
- Costa Rican footballers
- People from Masaya Department
- Association football defenders
- Deportivo Saprissa players
- Puntarenas F.C. players
- Club Brugge KV players
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Levante UD footballers
- Liga FPD players
- Belgian First Division A players
- La Liga players
- Costa Rica international footballers
- Costa Rican expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Copa Centroamericana-winning players
- 2011 Copa Centroamericana players
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2011 Copa América players
- 2014 FIFA World Cup players
- 2014 Copa Centroamericana players
- Copa América Centenario players
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Costa Rican football biography stubs