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.
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![]() Duarte with Club Brugge in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Óscar Esaú Duarte Gaitán[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1989-06-03) 3 June 1989 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Catarina, Nicaragua | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club 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 | 4 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2010– | Costa Rica | 71 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:45, 19 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 November 2022 |
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]
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]
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 | |
2022 | 4 | 1 | |
Total | 71 | 4 |
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 |
4 | 9 November 2022 | Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
Saprissa
Brugge
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