Paolo Duca

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Paolo Duca
Date of birth 3rd June 1981
place of birth Ascona , Switzerland
Nickname Duke
Size 178 cm
Weight 84 kg
position Right wing
number # 46
Shot hand Right
Career stations
until 2001 HC Ambrì-Piotta
2001-2002 ZSC Lions
2002-2007 EV train
2007-2017 HC Ambrì-Piotta

Paolo Duca (born June 3, 1981 in Ascona ) is a former Swiss ice hockey player who was under contract for HC Ambrì-Piotta , the ZSC Lions and the EV Zug in the Swiss National League A during his career . He has been Head of Sports at Ambrì-Piotta since April 2017.

Player career

Paolo Duca played for HC Ascona and GDT Bellinzona as a child and teenager. He later moved to the junior division of HC Ambri-Piotta, for whose U20 juniors he played in the Elite Jr. A, the highest junior league in Switzerland, from 1997.

During the 1998/99 season he made his debut in the club for the first team National League A . In 1998 and 1999, Ambri won the IIHF Continental Cup , with Duca not on the squad, and the IIHF Super Cup in 1999 . In 2001 he moved to the ZSC Lions , where he only played a few games and was also eligible to play for the GCK Lions from the National League B. At the end of the 2001/02 season he was loaned to EV Zug , where he was put under contract after the loan deal ended and played until 2007. From 2007 Duca played again at his youth club in Ticino, where he signed a three-year contract. There he will act as team captain from 2008 . In October 2009, Duca extended his contract with the HCAP until 2015 after becoming his team's top scorer in the 2008/09 season. Following the 2016/17 season, Duca ended his playing career. His jersey number 46 has been banned from the club.

International

Duca played on the international stage for the first time at the U18 Junior World Championship in 1999 . With five templates in seven games, he knew how to convince. Likewise a year later at the U20 Junior World Championship in 2000 , when he scored four goals himself in seven games and prepared another. In the Under-20 World Youth Championship in 2001 , the striker also was used and recorded two points scorer. The winning of medals in the junior area was still denied him; the best placement was fourth in 1999.

For the seniors, Duca was used for the first time at the 2010 World Cup under the new Swiss national coach Sean Simpson . The previous trainer Ralph Krueger had never considered the attacker. In seven games at the World Cup in Germany Duca remained pointless and reached the quarter-finals with Switzerland.

Functionary career

After the end of his playing career in April 2017, he stayed with HC Ambrì-Piotta and took over the office of sports director at the club.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 HC Ambrì-Piotta Elite A Jr. 35 18th 13 31 50 - - - - -
1998/99 HC Ambrì-Piotta Elite A Jr. 22nd 18th 13 31 76 - - - - -
1998/99 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 3 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1999/00 HC Ambrì-Piotta Elite A Jr. 2 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1999/00 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 45 3 5 8th 20th 9 1 0 1 10
2000/01 HC Ambrì-Piotta Elite A Jr. 2 2 0 2 0 - - - - -
2000/01 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 40 3 2 5 22nd 5 1 0 1 1 6th
2001/02 ZSC Lions NLA 40 2 4th 6th 14th - - - - -
2001/02 GCK Lions NLB 6th 4th 4th 8th 2 - - - - -
2002/03 EV train NLA 44 7th 8th 15th 32 - - - - -
2003/04 EV train NLA 46 8th 8th 16 34 5 2 0 2 6th
2004/05 EV train NLA 27 4th 7th 11 45 - - - - -
2005/06 EV train NLA 20th 3 3 6th 12 7th 1 0 1 10
2006/07 EV train NLA 35 7th 10 17th 107 - - - - -
2007/08 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 50 16 26th 42 74 11 1 9 8th 17th 18th
2008/09 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 50 18th 29 47 45 12 1 7th 4th 11 4th
2009/10 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 50 18th 21st 39 40 6 1 4th 4th 8th 2
2010/11 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 49 8th 17th 25th 22nd 17 1 3 6th 9 4th
2011/12 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 33 6th 8th 14th 8th 13 1 2 2 4th 2
2012/13 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 49 4th 9 13 14th 5 1 1 1 2 0
Elite A Juniors total 61 38 27 65 128 - - - - -
NLB total 6th 4th 4th 8th 2 - - - - -
NLA total 571 107 158 265 499 21st 4th 0 4th 26th

International

Represented Switzerland at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1999 Switzerland U18 World Cup 7th 0 5 5 2
2000 Switzerland U20 World Cup 7th 4th 1 5 14th
2001 Switzerland U20 World Cup 7th 0 2 2 4th
2010 Switzerland WM 7th 0 0 0 0
Juniors overall 21st 4th 8th 12 20th
Men overall 7th 0 0 0 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hcap.ch, # 46 DUCA Paolo - capitano
  2. ↑ hockeyfans.ch, EV Zug with Duca and new defender
  3. ↑ news.ch, Paolo Duca returns to Ambri
  4. ↑ SEHV , Duca receives contract until 2015
  5. ↑ a b cud: NLA News: Duca new head of sports in Ambri. April 18, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
  6. ↑ 20min.ch, When Duca saved the national team's job

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personal data
SURNAME Duca, Paolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd June 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Ascona , Switzerland