Óscar Duarte (footballer, born 1989)

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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Duarte and the second or maternal family name is Gaitán.
Óscar Duarte
Duarte with Club Brugge in 2014
Personal information
Full name Óscar Esaú Duarte Gaitán[1]
Date of birth (1989-06-03) 3 June 1989
Place of birth Catarina, Nicaragua
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Al-Wehda
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)
2019–2022 Levante 60 (3)
2022– Al-Wehda 10 (0)
International career‡
2010– Costa Rica 76 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:45, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2023

Club career

Duarte was born in Catarina, Masaya, Nicaragua.[2] After making 52 appearances in five years at Costa Rican club Deportivo Saprissa, Duarte joined Club Brugge in the Belgian Pro League in 2013.[3]

On 24 June 2022, Duarte joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Wehda.[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.[3]

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.[2]

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 25 March 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Costa Rica 201010
201160
201320
2014112
201560
201670
201720
201890
201980
202040
2021121
202271
202310
Total764
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
114 June 2014Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza Brazil Uruguay2–13–12014 FIFA World Cup
214 October 2014Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea South Korea3–13–1Friendly
316 November 2021Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica Honduras1–02–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
49 November 2022Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica Nigeria1–02–0Friendly

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. Nica Oscar Duarte debuta en el Mundial con la Selección de Costa Rica Archived 18 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine – El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
    3. "Oscar DUARTE". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
    4. "الوحدة يوقع مع المدافع الكوستاريكي دوارتي".
    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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