Manuel Almeida Duarte (29 May 1945 – 2 September 2022) was a Portuguese

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who played as a

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Club career

Duarte was born in

Celorico de Basto Celorico de Basto () is a municipality in Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,098, in an area of 181.07 km². The town of Celorico de Basto has around 2500 inhabitants. The municipality is located bordering the municipal ...

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. In a 16–year professional career he played for Académica de Coimbra,

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, Sporting CP,

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and AD Fafe, amassing

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totals of 79 matches and 32 goals over nine seasons and competing in the 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 campaign, helping Sporting to the fourth position.

International career

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

Death

Duarte died in Fafe on 2 September 2022, aged 77.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duarte, Manuel 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