Erik Dueñas (born October 18, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a

right-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for

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club

Los Angeles FC Los Angeles Football Club, commonly referred to as LAFC, is an American professional Association football team based in Los Angeles. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The club ...

Club career

Born in

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, Dueñas began his career at the

youth academy, being part of the club's inaugural under-12 side.

Los Angeles FC

On July 8, 2020, Dueñas became one of the first three homegrown signings for

, alongside fellow

Mexican-American Mexican Americans ( es, mexicano-estadounidenses, , or ) are Americans of full or partial Mexican heritage. In 2019, Mexican Americans comprised 11.3% of the US population and 61.5% of all Hispanic and Latino Americans. In 2019, 71% of Mexic ...

teammates Christian Torres and Tony Leone. Dueñas made his professional debut for Los Angeles FC on October 14, 2020 in a

match against

Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver. They compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on Marc ...

. He came on as a 71st minute substitute for

Dejan Jakovic Dejan Jakovic ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Јаковић, ; born 16 July 1985) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a centre-back for the Serbian White Eagles. Internationally, he represented the Canada national team from 2008 to 2018. Early li ...

as Los Angeles FC were defeated 1–2.

International career

Born in the United States, Dueñas is of Mexican descent. He was called up to a training camp for the Mexico U17s in February 2021.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

Profile
at the

website {{DEFAULTSORT:Dueñas, Erik 2004 births Living people Soccer players from Los Angeles Association football defenders Los Angeles FC players Major League Soccer players American soccer players American sportspeople of Mexican descent Homegrown Players (MLS)