The numbers that led Jhon Jader Durán to Selection

“I don’t know when my call to the Colombian National Team can arrive. We are going to work for that moment to come”, said Jhon Jader Durán in the month of April in an interview with Diario AS Colombia. Five months later, the dream of being in the national team became a reality. The striker was summoned by Néstor Lorenzo for the friendlies of the FIFA Date against Guatemala and Mexico and at 18 years old he will have the opportunity to begin to make a place for himself in this new stage that began under the command of the Argentine coach.

The attacker has integrated the processes of the minor categories of the Colombian National Team. The player played 2 games in the South American Sub 17 of Peru in 2019 where he accumulated 136 minutes, later integrated several calls for microcycles with the Sub 20, but he was one of the many players of the litter that was affected by the pandemic that forced the cancellation of the South American Sub 20 of 2021, which was scheduled to be played in Colombia. However, the footballer could be in the 2023 edition.

Five goals and three assists is his balance so far this year in the MLS with the Chicago Fire, where he has already become one of the great figures of the American team, sharing the attack front with the Swiss Xherdan Shaqiri, who has become your best ally. The former Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Liverpool has assisted him in three of his five goals.

The numbers of Jhon Jader Duran

With five goals, Jhon Jader Durán is one of the team’s scoring goals along with Kacper Przybyłko. The Colombian soccer player is the Chicago Fire player with the most shots on goal, key passes and provoked cards. Also within the squad he is the second with the most shots inside the area and provoked penalties and the third with the most offensive duels and accelerations.

In defense, the player has also contributed, being the third footballer with the most individual pressures with 102. 17 clearances, 4 tackles, 34 interceptions and 48 recoveries, 29 of them in the rival field, also make up parts of his numbers in the defensive phase.

Jhon Jader Durán will have one last challenge before joining the concentration of the Colombian National Team. This Saturday, September 17 at 7:00 pm (Colombian time), Chicago Fire hosts Charlotte Football Club for matchday 32 of Major League Soccer, at Soldier Field.

The Tricolor for its part will begin its concentration next Monday in the United States. On Saturday, September 24, they will face Guatemala in New Jersey and later on Tuesday the 27th Mexico will be measured in Santa Clara, California.