Eli Durante is a Brazilian retired
footballer
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who played in the
North American Soccer League from 1967 to 1975.
In 1967, Durante moved to the United States and signed with the
Los Angeles Toros
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of the
National Professional Soccer League. He was the league's third leading scorer that season. At the end of the season, the NPSL merged with the
United Soccer Association
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to form the
North American Soccer League and the Toros moved to San Diego. Durante played six games with the Toros before moving to the
St. Louis Stars.
In 1969, Durante signed with the
Kansas City Spurs
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as it won the league title. The Spurs folded at the end of the 1970 season and Durante moved to the
Rochester Lancers where he spent the last five seasons of his career. After retiring from soccer, Durante returned to Kansas City where he lived before buying Florida Forklift Supply, LLC in 2008.
Awards and honors
In 1977, he was named to the Rochester Lancers Team of the Decade.
On 27 December 2014, the
Rochester Lancers of the
Major Arena Soccer League
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will induct Durante into the Rochester Lancers Wall of Fame as one of Rochester's "soccer pioneers". Durante played for the original
Rochester Lancers of the
North American Soccer League.
References
External links
NASL career stats
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Brazilian footballers
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Los Angeles Toros players
National Professional Soccer League (1967) players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
St. Louis Stars (soccer) players
San Diego Toros players
Kansas City Spurs players
Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players
Association football forwards
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Footballers from São Paulo
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