Allan Wlk
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| Full name | Allan Steven Wlk Duré | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 March 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Celaya (on loan Olimpia) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Nacional | |||||||||||||||||
| Olimpia | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Olimpia | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | → Celaya (loan) | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Paraguay U20 | 8 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15, 29 May 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Allan Steven Wlk Duré (born 1 March 2003) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Celaya on loan from Club Olimpia, and the Paraguay national under-20 football team.
Club career
[edit]Olimpia
[edit]Wlk played at Club Nacional as a child but started playing for Club Olimpia from the age of 14 years old. He broke numerous goal scoring records as a teenager including one period where he scored 130 goals in 3 seasons of youth football. He signed a professional contract with Olimpia in 2021 lasting until 2025.[1][2][3] He made his league debut for Olimpia on 12 March 2023 in a 2-1 win against Club General Caballero JLM.[4]
Celaya (loan)
[edit]In January 2024, he signed on a season-long loan for Mexican side Celaya of the Liga de Expansión MX.[5] He scored his first league goal for the club in the 91st minute against Cimarrones de Sonora to secure a 1-0 away win for his side.[6]
International career
[edit]South America Games: Gold medal and top scorer
[edit]Wlk was the tournament top scorer as Paraguay won gold at the 2022 South American Games held in Paraguay between 4 and 12 October, 2022.[7] His haul at the games of six goals in five games included a hat-trick against Peru.[8] He also scored the only goal in the final as Paraguay beat Ecuador 1-0.[9] Wlk was quoted as saying after the final; “This achievement is something unique that I will never forget, at the time I could not measure what we had achieved. I am very proud of this great group because we gave everything and we were fair winners of this gold medal”.[10]
South American U20 Championships
[edit]Wlk was named in the Paraguay squad for the 2023 South American U-20 Championship held in Colombia which commenced in January 2023. He scored in Paraguay’s first two games, first against Colombia in a 1-1 draw, and second in a 2-1 win over Argentina.[11][12]
Personal life
[edit]His father is called Cristhian Wlk.[13]Regarding his surname Wlk was quoted as saying to the radio station Universo 970AM "My great-grandfather came from the Czech Republic after the war, he arrived and settled in Colonia Independencia, I often visit the place."[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "ALLAN WLK-In 3 years he scored more than 130 goals". Cronica.com.
- ^ "The opportunity that the jewell of Olimpia will have to seduce Real Madrid". Cronica.com.
- ^ "I was always Olimpian, since I was a child I wanted to play here"". Cronica.com.
- ^ "General Caballero JLM vs. Olympia: result, summary and goals". abc.com.py. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "Paraguayans abroad: Allan Wlk, in the footsteps of González". abc.com.py. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "ALLAN WLK LAUNCHES HIS GOALING ACCOUNT IN MEXICO". One Football. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Allan WLK, the great figure of the Sub 20 told who is his mirror to follow in Paraguay". Versus.Lancion.com.
- ^ "In Olimpia they ask for Allan Wlk". Cronica.com.
- ^ "Allan Wlk: "It is a pride to leave Paraguay high"". Hoy.com.
- ^ "Allan Wlk: "Being a goalscorer with the Albirroja means a lot to me"". apf.org.py.
- ^ "Allan Wlk: the unpronounceable striker who took six minutes to 'vaccinate' Colombia". Comutricolor.com.
- ^ "Watch Allan Steven Wlk Duré's goal today, Paraguay vs Argentina, in the South American U-20". gol.caracotv.com.
- ^ "Allan Wlk would be in the interest of Real Madrid "the eyes are on him" says his father". elnacional.com.
- ^ "Versus / Allan WLK, la gran figura de la Sub 20 contó quién es su espejo a seguir en Paraguay". Hechoencalifornia1010.com.
External links
[edit]Allan Wlk at Soccerway
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Paraguayan men's footballers
- Paraguay men's youth international footballers
- Paraguayan people of Czech descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Club Olimpia footballers
- Competitors at the 2022 South American Games
- South American Games medalists in football
- South American Games gold medalists for Paraguay
- Footballers from Asunción