Néstor Duarte Carassa (born 8 September 1990) is a

Peruvian Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian p ...

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who currently plays for

Academia Cantolao Academia Deportiva Cantolao is a Peruvian football club based in the city of Callao, Peru. However, the club is mostly known for its youth academy. Their football academy is considered one of the best in Peru. Academia Cantolao has educated many ...

in the Torneo Descentralizado, as a

center back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

Club career

Universitario

Before the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup started, Universitario only had contributed 2 players to the U-17 national team; Gary Correa and Juan Zevallos. After the U-17 World Cup, Universitario began to sign several of the U-17 players. Duarte was one of the first U-17 players to sign with Universitario and he made his debut on November 11, 2007 playing against

Sport Boys Sport Boys Association, commonly referred to as Sport Boys or simply Boys, is a Peruvian football club based in the port city of Callao. It was founded on 28 July 1927. Its classic and historic rival is the Atlético Chalaco against whom dispute ...

which they won 3-1. Duarte also became a regular starting defender after that game.

International career

Duarte was the captain of the

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. With the national team, he qualified for the

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...

in South Korea, with other youth players like

Reimond Manco Reimond Orángel Manco Albarracín (born 23 August 1990) is a Peruvian footballer. He plays for Juan Aurich of the Peruvian Segunda División. He used to play in PSV Eindhoven of Netherlands and Al Wakrah of Qatar. He came to prominence in the ...

, Carlos Bazalar, Manuel Calderón, Irven Ávila, and Gary Correa. They made it through the group stage, passed the Round of 16, but were eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Honours

Club

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Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes, popularly known as Universitario or simply as La "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of S ...

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* Torneo Descentralizado (2):

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U-20 Copa Libertadores The Under-20 CONMEBOL Libertadores (Portuguese and Spanish: CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20) is the international association football club competition for teams that play in CONMEBOL leagues. It was created by Manuel Burga Seoane and the Peruvian ...

(1):

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* * * 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Callao Peruvian footballers Peru international footballers Peruvian Primera División players Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Sport Huancayo footballers Academia Deportiva Cantolao players Association football central defenders {{Peru-footy-defender-stub