Manuel Duarte

Manuel Almeida Duarte (born 29 May 1945) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a striker.

Manuel Duarte
Personal information
Full name Manuel Almeida Duarte
Date of birth (1945-05-29) 29 May 1945
Place of birth Celorico de Basto, Portugal
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1964 Académica 12 (6)
1964–1966 Leixões 38 (14)
1966–1970 Sporting CP 27 (12)
1970–1971 Porto 2 (0)
1971–1972 Varzim
1972–1978 Fafe
1978–1979 Cabeceirense
1979–1980 Limianos
1981–1982 Felgueiras
1982–1984 Mondinense
National team
1966 Portugal 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Duarte was born in Celorico de Basto, Braga District. During a 16–year professional career he played for Académica de Coimbra, Leixões SC, Sporting CP, 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 second division 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 campaign, helping Sporting to the fourth position.[1]

International career

Duarte earned two caps for Portugal in 1966, being an unused squad member at that year's FIFA World Cup.[2]

References
  1. "Época 1966/67: Primeira Divisão" [1966/67 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 17 October 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. Paixão, Paulo; Castanheira, José Pedro (13 July 2016). "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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