Dilly Duka

Dilly Duka

Personal information
Full name	Dilaver Duka
Date of birth	September 15, 1989 (1989-09-15) (age 22)
Place of birth	Montville, New Jersey, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Columbus Crew
Number	11
Youth career
0000–2007	New York Red Bulls
2007–2008	Rutgers University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008	New Jersey Rangers	0	(0)
2008–2009	Newark Ironbound Express	7	(1)
2010–	Columbus Crew	26	(2)
National team‡
2009	United States U20	14	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 15, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 22, 2011

Dilaver "Dilly" Duka (born September 15, 1989 in Montville, New Jersey) is an American soccer player of Albanian descent currently playing for Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer.

Career

Youth and College

Growing up in Montville, New Jersey, Duka played at Montville Township High School^[1][2] 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.^[3]

During his college years Duka played two seasons with the Newark Ironbound Express in the USL Premier Development League.^[4] He actually started 2008 with the New Jersey Rangers but he never made an appearance for the club.^[5]

Professional

Duka was drafted in the first round (eighth overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by Columbus Crew^[6] and got his first start for the Crew on June 29, 2010, in a 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match against the Rochester Rhinos.^[7]

International

Duka played in all three games for the United States in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt. He scored the third goal in the team's 4-1 win over Cameroon.

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

1. ^ Bondy, Stefan. "Rutgers standout Dilly Duka picked by Columbus Crew in MLS draft ", The Record (Bergen County), January 15, 2010. Accessed February 23, 2011. "Duka, a Montville resident and former Rutgers standout, played at Red Bull Academy and nearly signed with his hometown club over the summer as a homegrown player."
2. ^ Staff. "Rutgers Recruiting Class Nationally Ranked: Scarlet Knights rated 27th by College Soccer News", Rutgers Scarlet Knights, August 3, 2007. Accessed February 23, 2011. "Highlighting this group of standout players is Dilly Duka (Montville, N.J.), a midfielder from Montville High School, who Reasso has described as one of the best attacking midfielders graduating from the state of New Jersey last spring."
3. ^ Former Rutgers Standout Dilly Duka Signs With Major League Soccer
4. ^ http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/roster/8986443.html
5. ^ http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/roster/8986441.html
6. ^ 2010 MLS SuperDraft
7. ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2010-06-29-columbus-crew-v-rochester-rhinos

External links

• MLS Player Profile
• US U-20 Profile

Persondata
Name	Duka, Dilly
Alternative names
Short description	Professional soccer player
Date of birth	1989-09-15
Place of birth	Montville, New Jersey, United States
Date of death
Place of death