Manny Duku

Born in Amsterdam, Duku started his career with Legmeervogels. He was on trial with the reserve team of Eredivisie side Heerenveen at the age of 18 in 2011, before enjoying spells in the lower leagues with Legmeervogels, Abcoude, Breukelen and VV Eemdijk. He left for England to join Oxford City on a trial basis in 2015, despite not playing a minute of football for his new club, VV Eemdijk. Following his first pre-season in England, Duku opted to join Chesham United over Oxford and went on to only appear four times for the Buckinghamshire-based side before making the switch to Hemel Hempstead Town. After just a sole appearance in an FA Trophy tie against Eastbourne Borough, Duku went on to enjoy spells with Kings Langley and Banbury United before joining Southern League Division One East side Hayes & Yeading United in June 2017. He finished as the club's top scorer, with 39 goals in all competitions across the 2017–18 season. On 26 July 2018, Duku agreed to deal to join League Two side Cheltenham Town on a two-year deal. On the opening day of the 2018–19 campaign, he went on to make his Football League debut during Cheltenham's 1–0 home defeat to Crawley Town. Duku joined Barnet on loan in October 2018 until the end of the calendar year. In February 2019 he joined FC Halifax Town on loan for a month. On 12 June 2019 it was announced that Duku had joined National League club Torquay United. On 9 December 2019, it was announced his contract was cancelled by mutual consent so…

As of 9 October 2026

Born in the Netherlands, Duku is of Ghanaian descent.