Duach Jock (born 20 December 1986) is a South Sudanese
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays for the
North County Battalion in
National Premier Soccer League
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.
In 2018, Jock moved to Indian
I-League
The I-League is the men's second professional football division of the Indian football league system behind the Indian Super League. Administered by the All India Football Federation, it is currently contested by 13 clubs. It operates as a s ...
club
Chennai City for remainder of the
2017–18 season.
Early life
Jock was born in Ethiopia to South Sudanese refugee parents. He and his parents moved to the United States before South Sudan independence from Sudan and became American citizens.
International career
Jock was selected for the final roster of the
South Sudan national football team
The South Sudan national football team represents South Sudan in international football and is controlled by the South Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in South Sudan.
History
Zoran Đorđević was appointed on 25 ...
to compete in the
2013 CECAFA Cup
The 2013 CECAFA Cup (known as the DStv, GOtv CECAFA Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the Council for E ...
in
Kenya
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.
References
External links
LA Blues profile
1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gambela Region
Sudanese emigrants to the United States
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Naturalized citizens of South Sudan
American men's soccer players
South Sudanese men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Orange County SC players
USL Championship players
South Sudan men's international footballers
African-American soccer players
American people of South Sudanese descent
Sportspeople of South Sudanese descent
Expatriate men's footballers in India
Chennai City FC players
I-League players
South Sudanese expatriate men's footballers
South Sudanese expatriate sportspeople in India
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