Rodirlei "Rodi" José Ascensão Duarte, sometime known as "Rody" (born 28 May 1991) is a Cape Verdean former

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who played as a

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Career

Rodi spend his youth career in Portugal where he played for

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. He returned to Cape Verde and his senior career began with

SC Santa Maria Sport Clube Santa Maria (also in Capeverdean Crioulos of ALUPEC or ALUPEK and Sal) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the town of Santa Maria in the so ...

based in his hometown. He would play for several Portuguese football clubs starting with

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for one season in 2009, two seasons with Gil Vicente and was on loan with

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in the 2011–12 season and recently with Famalicão. He spent one season in Romania with

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where he appeared for nine matches and scored a goal. Rodi moved to play with Sporting Praia, his second Cape Verdean club in six years where he currently appears. Rodi was capped for Cape Verde under-21 team. He was call-up to the senior team in September 2009 along with three other U21 internationals and played in the match against Malta.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodirlei, Jose Ascensao Duarte 1988 births Living people People from Sal, Cape Verde Cape Verdean footballers Men's association football forwards Cape Verde men's international footballers Cape Verde men's under-21 international footballers Santiago South Premier Division players SC Santa Maria players FC Porto players Gil Vicente F.C. players C.D. Pinhalnovense players F.C. Famalicão players ACS Poli Timișoara players Sporting Clube da Praia players Cape Verdean expatriate footballers Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in Romania