Laros Michael D'Encarnação Duarte (born 28 February 1997) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. 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 ...

for club

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Cape Verde national team.

Club career

He made his debut for

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

side

Jong PSV Jong PSV is a Dutch football team based in Eindhoven. It is the reserve team of PSV Eindhoven and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2013–14 season. History Until 2013, Jong PSV played in the Beloften Eredivisie, a league exclusively for ...

in 2015. In the 2015–16 season, the footballer joined PSV. He used to play for

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

from

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

before he moved to Eindhoven. On 31 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Duarte is of Cape Verdean descent. He was called up to the Cape Verde national team for a set of

2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches will be organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, the 34th edition of the international men's football champi ...

matches in September 2023.

Personal life

He is the older brother of

Deroy Duarte Deroy D'Encarnação Duarte (born 4 July 1999) is a professional association football, football player who plays as a Midfielder (association football), midfielder for First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Bulgarian First League club PFC ...

. Despite his last name, place of birth and country of descent; he is not related to fellow footballer

Lerin Duarte Lerin Duarte (born 11 August 1990) is a Dutch professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder. Having come through the youth department of Sparta Rotterdam, he started his senior career at the club, before transferring t ...

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- Voetbal International * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duarte, Laros 1997 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Cape Verdean men's footballers Cape Verde men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Dutch sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Men's association football midfielders Jong PSV players Sparta Rotterdam players FC Groningen players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players