Carlos Eduardo Ventura (born 15 March 1974), known as Duda, is a Brazilian retired professional

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who played as a forward or

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. He spent most of his career in Portugal, most notably with Boavista, amassing

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totals of 119 matches and 19 goals over six seasons.

Club career

Born in

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, Duda started playing organized football at

Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano, commonly referred to as Corinthians Alagoano, was a Brazilian professional football club based in Maceió, Alagoas. The team last participated in the Campeonato Alagoano in the 2013 season, before merging with ...

and, after just one season, in 1997, moved to Portugal with

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, but failed to feature for the latter club in official matches. After a few months in

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and a brief stint with Rio Ave F.C. he signed with

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional association footbal ...

, but was also highly unsuccessful there, finishing the 1999–2000 campaign with F.C. Alverca. Duda had his most steady and successful period with

Boavista FC Boavista Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Boavista, is a Portuguese professional sports club from the of Porto that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, at the Estádio do Bessa. It is one of the oldest clubs ...

, being one of the most important attacking players in a side that conquered their sole national title in 2001 (scoring ten

goals), alongside Martelinho and

Elpídio Silva Elpídio Pereira da Silva Filho (born 19 July 1975), known as Silva, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his career in Portugal, mainly representing Boavista and amassing Primeira Liga total ...

. After only 19 appearances in 2003–04, and no league goals whatsoever in his last two years, he returned to Brazil and joined

Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) Associação Atlética Internacional, commonly referred to as simply Inter de Limeira, is a Brazilian association football club in Limeira, São Paulo. They currently play in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in t ...

, switching shortly after to his former club Corinthians Alagoano. After a spell with Associação Atlética Luziânia, Duda moved in January 2008 to Sliema Wanderers F.C. of the

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. This was not his first visit to the country, as he had been to the island while a member of Boavista in a

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second-round qualifier against Hibernians F.C. in August 2003, which ended in a 3–3 draw, with the player himself getting on the scoresheet.

Honours

Porto *

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: 1999–2000 Boavista *

: 2000–01

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duda 1974 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from São Bernardo do Campo Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano players Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players Associação Atlética Luziânia players Primeira Liga players S.L. Benfica footballers FC Porto players Rio Ave F.C. players F.C. Alverca players Boavista F.C. players J1 League players Kashiwa Reysol players Maltese Premier League players Sliema Wanderers F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Malta