Dénis Duarte

Dénis Paulo Duarte (born 4 May 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a defender for F.C. Penafiel.

Dénis Duarte
Personal information
Full name Dénis Paulo Duarte
Date of birth (1994-05-04) 4 May 1994
Place of birth Lourinhã, Portugal
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Penafiel
Number 35
Youth career
2003–2009 Lourinhanense
2009–2013 Torreense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Torreense 49 (7)
2015–2018 Vitória Guimarães 3 (0)
2015–2018 → Vitória Guimarães B 132 (29)
2018–2020 Dinamo Brest 32 (3)
2020– Penafiel 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2020

Football career

Born in Lourinhã, Lisbon District, Duarte spent his youth at Sporting Clube Lourinhanense and S.C.U. Torreense before making his senior debut for the latter in the third tier. At the end of 2014, he signed a 3​1⁄2-year deal with Vitória S.C. of the Primeira Liga.[1]

On 25 January 2015, Duarte made his professional debut with the reserve team in a Segunda Liga match against C.D. Feirense, replacing Xande Silva in the 61st minute of a 2–1 away win.[2] After 136 reserve games and three first-team ones in the Primeira Liga, he left on 19 June 2018 to FC Dynamo Brest of the Belarusian Premier League.[3]

While in Eastern Europe, Duarte won the league in 2019. Injury ruled him out the following season and he rescinded his contract on 29 May 2020, that was due to last until the end of the year.[4] On 7 September, he returned to his homeland's second tier on a one-year deal at F.C. Penafiel.[5]

References
  1. "Dénis Duarte reforça V. Guimarães" [Dénis Duarte bolsters V. Guimarães]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 29 December 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. "Vigário bisa no triunfo vitoriano na Feira" [Vigário scores brace in Vitória's triumph in Feira]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 January 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. "Denis Duarte ruma ao Dínamo Brest" [Denis Duarte heads to Dynamo Brest] (in Portuguese). Mais Guimarães. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  4. "Português Dénis Duarte deixa o Dynamo Brest" [Portuguese Dénis Duarte leaves Dynamo Brest]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 29 May 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. "Dénis Duarte reforça defesa do Penafiel" [Dénis Duarte bolsters Penafiel's defence]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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