Carlos Eduardo Ventura (born 15 March 1974), known as Duda, is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a

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. He spent most of his career in Portugal, most notably with Boavista, amassing

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totals of 119 matches and 19 goals over six seasons.

Club career

Born in

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, Duda started playing organized football at

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and, after just one season, in 1997, moved to Portugal with S.L. Benfica, but failed to feature for the latter club in official matches. After a few months in

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and a brief stint with

Rio Ave F.C. Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atlanti ...

he signed with

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, but was also highly unsuccessful there, finishing the 1999–2000 campaign with

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. Duda had his most steady and successful period with

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, being one of the most important attacking players in a side that conquered their sole national league title in 2001 (scoring ten

goals), alongside

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and

Martelinho Joaquim Pereira da Silva (born 19 November 1974), known as Martelinho, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right winger, and a current manager. He played ten full Primeira Liga seasons during his 14-year senior career, all with B ...

. After only 14 appearances in 2003–04, and no league goals whatsoever in his last two years, he returned to Brazil and joined Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira), switching shortly after to former club Corinthians Alagoano. After a spell with

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, Duda moved in January 2008 to Sliema Wanderers F.C. of the Maltese Premier League. This was not his first visit to the country, as he had been to the island while playing at Boavista in a

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second-round qualifier against

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in August 2003, which ended in a 3–3 draw, with the player himself getting on the scoresheet.

Honours

Porto * Taça de Portugal: 1999–2000 Boavista *

: 2000–01

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duda 1974 births Living people People from São Bernardo do Campo Brazilian footballers Association football wingers Association football forwards Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano players Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players Associação Atlética Luziânia players Primeira Liga players S.L. Benfica footballers FC Porto players Rio Ave F.C. players F.C. Alverca players Boavista F.C. players J1 League players Kashiwa Reysol players Maltese Premier League players Sliema Wanderers F.C. players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Japan Expatriate footballers in Malta Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Footballers from São Paulo (state)