Duckens Nazon (born 7 April 1994) is a professional

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who plays as a striker for

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

club

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. Born in France, he plays for the Haiti national team.

Club career

After going through the youth system at

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, Nazon joined

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's reserve team in 2013. Later that year, he joined French fourth-tier side US Roye. After brief stints at

Olympique Saint-Quentin Olympique Saint-Quentinois (OSQ) is a French association football team founded in 1920. They are based in Saint-Quentin, Picardy, in northern France and are currently playing in the Championnat National 2 following promotion from Championnat Nati ...

and

Stade Lavallois Stade Lavallois Mayenne Football Club (), also referred to as Stade Laval or simply Laval, is a French association football club based in Laval in western France. The club was formed on 17 July 1902 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second ...

, he joined

Kerala Blasters Kerala Blasters Football Club (), commonly referred to as The Blasters, is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of football in India. The club was established i ...

in the

Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is an Indian professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Organised by the All India Football Federat ...

in September 2016. Three months later, on 13 January 2017, he signed a six-month deal with

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side

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...

, becoming part of their under-23 team. On 4 August 2017, he went out on loan to League Two side

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed t ...

until January 2018. He made his English league debut for the club the following day as a substitute in a 3–0 win against

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on the 25 November 1862, it is the ...

. On 8 August 2017 he scored his first goal in English football, scoring in the Sky Blues' 3–1 League Cup defeat to

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...

. He scored 8 goals in 24 appearances in all competitions in his six-month loan spell. The club later gained promotion to

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via the play-offs. Nazon was then loaned out to

side

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic ...

until the end of the season. He scored six goals in 16 appearances for the club as they saw relegation to

League Two The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Lea ...

. On 14 June 2018, Nazon joined

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

club

Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden (; french: link=no, Saint-Trond ; li, Sintruin ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, and has over 41,500 inhabitants, which makes it one of the largest cities in Limburg. The mun ...

on a three-year-deal for an undisclosed fee. In January 2019, Nazon joined

Scottish Premiership The Scottish Premiership, known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish ...

side St Mirren on loan until the end of the season. On 26 July 2021, Nazon joined

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

side Quevilly-Rouen on a free transfer. Duckens Nazon

International career

Nazon earned his first cap for the Haiti national team on 5 March 2014 against

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(draw 0–0). In the 2015 Gold Cup, Nazon scored the only two goals for Haiti in the

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, helping his team get second place and advancing to the

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. On 10 September 2018, in a competitive game against

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, he scored five goals, a record for Haiti.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Haiti's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nazon goal.''

References

External links

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Duckens Nazon profile
at FHF {{DEFAULTSORT:Nazon, Duckens 1994 births Living people People from Châtenay-Malabry French sportspeople of Haitian descent Footballers from Hauts-de-Seine Haitian men's footballers French men's footballers Footballers from Paris Men's association football forwards Haiti men's international footballers 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Copa América Centenario players 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Indian Super League players English Football League players Belgian Pro League players Scottish Professional Football League players Olympique Saint-Quentin players Stade Lavallois players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Kerala Blasters FC players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Sint-Truidense V.V. players St Mirren F.C. players PFC CSKA Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Haitian expatriate men's footballers Haitian expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate men's footballers in India Haitian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Haitian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Haitian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland