Duckens Nazon


Duckens Nazon is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Haiti national team. He is under contract with the Belgian club Sint-Truiden, but is not registered to play for the squad for the 2019–20 season.

Club career

After going through the youth system at Vannes, the forward joined FC Lorient's reserve team in 2013. Later that year, he joined French fourth-tier side US Roye.
After brief stints at Olympique Saint-Quentin and Stade Lavallois, he joined Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League on September 2016.
Three months later, on 13 January 2017, he signed a six-month deal with English Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers, becoming part of their under-23 team. On 4 August 2017 he went out on loan to League Two side Coventry City 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. On 8 August 2017 he scored his first goal in English football, scoring in the Sky Blues' 1–3 League Cup defeat to Blackburn. He scored 8 goals in 24 appearances in all competitions in his six-month loan spell. The club later gained promotion to League One via the play-offs.
Nazon was then loaned out to League One side Oldham Athletic until the end of the season. He scored 6 goals in 16 appearances for the club as they saw relegation to League Two.
On 14 June 2018, Nazon joined Belgian First Division A club Sint-Truiden on a three-year-deal for an undisclosed fee. In January 2019, Nazon joined Scottish Premiership side St Mirren on loan until the end of the season.

International career

He earned his first cap for the Haiti team on 5 March 2014 against Kosovo.
In the 2015 Gold Cup, Nazon scored the only two goals for Haiti in the 2015 Gold Cup group stage, helping his team get second place and advancing to the knockout stages.
On 10 September 2018, in a competitive game against Sint Maarten, he scored five goals, a record for Haiti.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 July 2015Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States
1–1
1–1
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2.13 July 2015Sporting Park, Kansas City, United States
1–0
1–0
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3.4 September 2015National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada
3–1
3–1
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.8 September 2015Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2–0
3–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.6 September 2016Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica
2–0
2–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.9 November 2016Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti2–02–52017 Caribbean Cup qualification
7.13 November 2016Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis1–02–02017 Caribbean Cup qualification
8.13 November 2016Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis2–02–02017 Caribbean Cup qualification
9.10 October 2017International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan2–23–32017 Kirin Challenge Cup
10.10 October 2017International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan3–23–32017 Kirin Challenge Cup
11.10 September 2018Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti2–013–02019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
12.10 September 2018Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti4–013–02019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
13.10 September 2018Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti5–013–02019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
14.10 September 2018Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti7–013–02019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
15.10 September 2018Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti8–013–02019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
16.24 March 2019Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti1–02–12019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
17.24 June 2019Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States
1–1
2–1
2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
18.29 June 2019NRG Stadium, Houston, United States
1–2
3–2
2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
19.17 November 2019Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica
1–1
1–1
2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A