Dénis Paulo Duarte (born 4 May 1994) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for Vitória S.C. B.

Club career

Born in the village of Marteleira in

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, Duarte spent his youth at S.C. Lourinhanense and S.C.U. Torreense before making his senior debut for the latter in the third division. At the end of 2014, he signed a 3-year deal with

Vitória S.C. Vitória Sport Clube, popularly known as Vitória de Guimarães or sometimes just Vitória, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, at the Est ...

of the

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. Duarte made his professional debut with the

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on 25 January 2015, coming on as a 61st-minute substitute for Xande Silva in a 2–1 away win against

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in the Segunda Liga. In the 2015–16 season he scored a career-best 11 goals – mostly from penalties – adding nine

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with the side always in that tier. On 14 October 2017, Duarte appeared in his first competitive match with the first team, scoring in the 6–1 away victory over amateurs CF Vasco da Gama in the

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of the

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. His top-flight debut took place on 24 February 2018, in a 3–2 loss at C.S. Marítimo where he also played the full 90 minutes. Duarte joined

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of the

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on 19 June 2018. While in Eastern Europe he won the league in

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, but injury ruled him out the following season and he rescinded his contract on 29 May 2020, that was due to last until the end of the year. On 7 September 2020, Duarte returned to his homeland's division two on a one-year deal at F.C. Penafiel. After a spell at

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in the

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, the 28-year-old returned to Vitória B in the Liga 3 in January 2023.

References

External links

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Portuguese League profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duarte, Denis 1994 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon District Men's association football central defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Liga 3 (Portugal) players S.C.U. Torreense players Vitória S.C. B players Vitória S.C. players F.C. Penafiel players Belarusian Premier League players FC Dynamo Brest players Russian First League players FC Tom Tomsk players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Russia