Sérgio Paulo Barbosa Valente (born 27 June 1980), known as Duda (), is a Portuguese former
footballer
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who played as a
left winger
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.
He was mostly known for his
set pieces
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and crossing ability, and spent his entire professional career in Spain, collecting more than 300 official appearances for four clubs. He represented mainly
Málaga
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and
Sevilla
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, amassing
La Liga
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totals of 343 matches and 35 goals.
The recipient of 18
caps
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, Duda appeared for
Portugal
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at the
2010 World Cup
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.
Club career
Having grown through the ranks of
Vitória de Guimarães
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,
Porto
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-born Duda had not yet played one single competitive senior game when he was sold to
Cádiz CF
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Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...
in the
third level of Spanish football. For the
2001–02 season he switched to
La Liga
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with
Málaga CF
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and, after a loan move to
Segunda División
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with
Levante UD
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Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante ...
, was everpresent in a team that achieved two consecutive 10th-place finishes, also
appearing in the
UEFA Cup
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via
the Intertoto.
In
2005–06, involved in a contract dispute, Duda featured scarcely as Málaga was relegated and, during the summer, he joined
Andalusia
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neighbours
Sevilla FC
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. Incidentally, his arrival coincided with the emergence of another left-footed player,
Antonio Puerta
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Mainly a left midfielder who could also operate as an attacking left-back, he died on 28 August 2007 affec ...
(whom played as either
left back
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or
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
); after Puerta's sudden death
the following campaign he also played backup, to
Diego Capel
Diego Ángel Capel Trinidad (; born 16 February 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger.
He made his senior debut with Sevilla at 16, going on to appear in 173 competitive matches for the club over seven La Liga se ...
.
With Capel firmly established as first-choice, Duda was loaned for
2008–09 to an old acquaintance, Málaga, in August 2008. During the season, he was an instrumental attacking element as the side narrowly missed on
Europa League qualification, with compatriot
Eliseu
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After starting out at Belenenses, he went on to spend most of his c ...
often playing in the other wing.
In late August 2009, after intense negotiations, Duda moved permanently to Málaga on a four-year contract, with Sevilla benefitting from a percentage of any future sale. In
the first season
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in his second spell he was an instrumental figure as they narrowly avoided relegation, leading the team in goals; May 2010 was a particular active period for the player as he netted in 1–1 draws, at
Athletic Bilbao
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from a direct
corner kick
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and in the season's closer at home against
Real Madrid
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, in which he was also
sent off
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after
elbowing
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Xabi Alonso
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Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad, the main team of his hom ...
.
After suffering an injury during the 2010 World Cup, Duda underwent surgery to fix his
pubalgia
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ailment and missed the beginning of
the new season. In his return to action, on 21 November 2010, he played the first 60 minutes of a 0–3 away defeat against
Deportivo de La Coruña
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; on 29 January 2011 he celebrated his 200th Spanish top flight match by scoring against
Real Zaragoza
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, but in a 1–2 home defeat.
In the
2011–12 campaign, following the summer signings of
Santi Cazorla
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and
Joaquín
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and the ostracism to which
Manuel Pellegrini
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voted
Apoño after the first matchday, Duda was often used as a
central midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. His first goal of the season came on 22 March 2012 – with his first touch – from a long-range shot in an eventual 4–2 home win over
Rayo Vallecano
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.
On 31 March 2012, Duda made his 200th league appearance for Málaga in a 0–2 home defeat against
Real Betis
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. He started
the following season as an habitual
substitute but, on 4 December, in a rare start, at home to
R.S.C. Anderlecht
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in the
UEFA Champions League group stage, he scored both of his team's goals in a 2–2 draw.
On 1 July 2013, 33-year-old Duda signed a two-year extension to his contract with the option of a third, keeping him with Málaga until 2015. On 1 February of the following year he scored his first goals of
the new campaign, netting a brace to help defeat former club Sevilla 3–2 at
La Rosaleda Stadium
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.
In May 2017, Duda announced he was leaving Málaga. He made 349 competitive appearances during his spell, 315 in the Spanish top flight alone. Shortly after, he returned to the club as director of its youth academy.
International career
Duda made his debut with
Portugal
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in 2007 at the age of already 27, as the winger position in the national side was packed with talent (
Nani,
Ricardo Quaresma
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He began his career at Sporting CP and went on to play for Barcelona, Inter Milan, Porto (twice), Chelsea, Beşiktaş ...
,
Cristiano Ronaldo
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,
Simão Sabrosa
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Having pla ...
). On 20 August 2008, in a 5–0
friendly win over
Faroe Islands
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, he scored his first goal after coming on as a second-half replacement.
During the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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qualifiers, Duda was often used as an emergency left back by national coach
Carlos Queiroz
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. He was included in the squad-of-23 for the final stages in South Africa, where he appeared twice in the group stage: playing 20 minutes against
North Korea
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, he assisted to
Liédson
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Nicknamed ''Levezinho'' ("Slender one") due to his light frame (63 kg), who took the score to 5–0 in an eventual 7–0 routing; he then started against
Brazil
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, in a 0–0 draw.
Career statistics
Club
:Source:
International goals
Honours
Club
Málaga
*
UEFA Intertoto Cup
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:
2002
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Sevilla
*
Copa del Rey
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:
2006–07
*
Supercopa de España
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:
2007
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*
UEFA Cup
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:
2006–07
International
Portugal
*
UEFA European Under-18 Championship
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Spain and England ...
:
1999
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References
External links
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Stats and bio at Cadistas1910
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1980 births
Living people
Footballers from Porto
Portuguese footballers
Association football wingers
Association football utility players
Vitória S.C. players
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Cádiz CF players
Málaga CF players
Levante UD footballers
Sevilla FC players
UEFA Cup winning players
Portugal youth international footballers
Portugal under-21 international footballers
Portugal international footballers
2010 FIFA World Cup players
Portuguese expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain