The $60 contract that put Socceroos hero Mitch Duke on the path to the World Cup | anthonysegaert
Long before Mitch Duke grabbed the attention of the football world in Qatar, his earliest supporters at his first local club knew he was destined for big things.to give the Socceroos their first World Cup victory in 12 years and a chance to qualify for the last 16, joined the Parramatta Eagles in 2004, aged 13.Duke, who grew up in Liverpool, quickly ascended to the club’s top team, supported by former first-grade coach Brian Dene and manager George Ellul.
Eagles club manager Osman Jebara will never forget the moment he brought Duke up to the office under the small South Granville stadium to tell him the news of his promotion. “I reminded him [about it] when he returned from Japan, and he said, ‘Osman, I still remember that day’.” Dene said Duke, who now plies his trade in Japan, had always been supported by good mentors on his journey to the top.
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