Manuel Almeida Duarte (29 May 1945 – 2 September 2022) was a Portuguese
footballer
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who played as a
striker.
Club career
Duarte was born in
Celorico de Basto,
Braga District. In a 16–year professional career he played for
Académica de Coimbra,
Leixões SC,
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...
,
FC Porto,
Varzim S.C. and AD Fafe, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 79 matches and 32 goals over nine seasons and competing in the Liga Portugal 2, Segunda Liga with the last two clubs. He retired at the age of 39, after five years in amateur football with four sides.
Duarte scored a career-best 11 goals (in only 19 games) in the 1966–67 Primeira Divisão, 1966–67 campaign, helping Sporting to the fourth position.
International career
Duarte earned two Cap (sport), caps for Portugal national football team, Portugal in 1966, being an unused squad member at 1966 FIFA World Cup, that year's FIFA World Cup.
Death
Duarte died in Fafe on 2 September 2022, aged 77.
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1945 births
2022 deaths
People from Celorico de Basto
Portuguese men's footballers
Footballers from Braga District
Men's association football forwards
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Académica de Coimbra (football) players
Leixões S.C. players
Sporting CP footballers
FC Porto players
Varzim S.C. players
AD Fafe players
F.C. Felgueiras players
Portugal men's international footballers
1966 FIFA World Cup players