Miguel Isaías Jacquet Duarte (born 20 May 1995) is a Paraguayan professional
footballer
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who plays as a
centre-back
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Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
for
Libertad.
Career
Jacquet began his footballing career in his homeland with
Nacional
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Airlines
* Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002
* Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961
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* Banco Nacional, a ...
.
He appeared for his professional debut in April 2014, featuring for the full duration of a four-goal victory away to
Guaraní Guarani, Guaraní or Guarany may refer to
Ethnography
* Guaraní people, an indigenous people from South America's interior (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia)
* Guarani language, or Paraguayan Guarani, an official language of Paraguay
* G ...
in the
Paraguayan Primera División
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.
Fifty-four appearances came in his first three seasons in the
top-flight.
In the
2017
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campaign, Jacquet played forty times across the Primera División and the
Copa Sudamericana
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; netting four goals in the process, including against Guaraní in the league and versus
Estudiantes on the continent.
During his time with Nacional, Jacquet was linked with moves away to
Universidad de Concepción
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Places
* Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Universidad (Madrid)
Football clubs
* Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
...
,
Gimnasia y Esgrima and
KV Mechelen
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.
On 29 July 2019, after one hundred and forty-two matches for Nacional, Jacquet departed to
Argentine Primera División
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side
Godoy Cruz.
He left the club again at the end of the year, and joined Uruguayan club
Club Nacional de Football
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in late January 2020.
Nacional confirmó la contratación de Miguel Jacquet
ovaciondigital.com.uy, 24 January 2020
Career statistics
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacquet, Miguel
1995 births
Footballers from Asunción
Living people
Men's association football defenders
Paraguayan men's footballers
Club Nacional footballers
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba footballers
Club Nacional de Football players
12 de Octubre Football Club players
Club Sol de América footballers
Club Atlético Platense footballers
Club Libertad footballers
Paraguayan Primera División players
Argentine Primera División players
Uruguayan Primera División players
Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay
21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen