Josué Duverger (born 27 April 2000) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Cosmos Koblenz. Born in Canada, he plays for the Haiti national team.

Club career

Josué Duverger began his club career in

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. Between 2015 and 2021, he appeared for the youth teams of

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, and Vitória Setúbal. He made his first team debut for Vitória Setúbal in 2021 and transferred to

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in 2022. He then joined Cosmos Koblenz in the sixth tier of Germany in 2024.

International career

Born in

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, Canada, Duverguer is of Haitian descent. He was called up for an evaluation for the

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in October 2016. He was called up to the

Haiti national under-20 football team Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

for the

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at the age of sixteen, appearing for all three of the teams' appearances in the tournament. He was also called up to the Haiti national under-17 football team for the

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, but didn't make any appearances for the team in the tournament. Duverguer made his debut for the senior Haiti national team in a 1–0 friendly win over the

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on 10 November 2017, at the age of seventeen. In a June 2021 match against

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, during CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, he mis-controlled a back pass and made two mis-kick attempts at a clearance as the ball rolled into the net for an

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. The clip of the own goal went

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with some calling it one of the worst own goals ever seen.

Career statistics

Club

International

References

External links

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Sport.de Profile

Fora de Jogo Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duverger, Josué 2000 births Living people Soccer players from Montreal Haitian men's footballers Haiti men's international footballers Haiti men's under-20 international footballers Haitian Quebecers Black Canadian men's soccer players 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Canadian men's soccer players Canadian sportspeople of Haitian descent Vitória F.C. players União de Santarém players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Haitian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Haitian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Men's association football goalkeepers 21st-century Canadian sportsmen 21st-century Haitian sportsmen