Domingos de Sousa Coutinho Meneses Duarte (born 10 March 1995) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Formed at

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

, where he was only a

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, he played in the

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on loan at

Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses (), commonly known as Os Belenenses or simply Belenenses, is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 19,856 ...

and Chaves. He made over 100

appearances for

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and

. Duarte made his full debut for

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in 2020.

Club career

Sporting CP

Born in

Cascais Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera, Estoril Coast. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourism in Port ...

Lisbon District Lisbon District () is a district located along the western coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Lisbon, which is also the national capital. From its creation until 1926, it included the area of the current Setúbal District. ...

, Duarte joined

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

's youth academy at the age of 16. He spent two full seasons with their reserves in the Segunda Liga to kickstart his senior career, his first match in the competition occurring on 5 October 2014 when he played 90 minutes in the 2–1 home win against C.D. Trofense. Duarte served loan spells from

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, respectively at

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses (), commonly known as Os Belenenses or simply Belenenses, is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 19,856 ...

and

G.D. Chaves Grupo Desportivo de Chaves (), commonly known as Chaves, is a Portuguese professional association football, football football team, club from Chaves, Portugal, Chaves currently playing in the Liga Portugal 2, following their relegation from the Pr ...

and with both clubs competing in the

. He made his league debut on 14 August 2016 while at the service of the former in a 2–0 away loss to

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, and scored his first goal on 1 October of the same year in a 3–1 defeat at precisely Chaves. On 3 August 2018, still owned by Sporting, Duarte signed with

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

with an option to buy. He scored in his very first appearance in the Spanish

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, helping the visitors to earn a point at

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after the 1–1 draw.

Granada

On 14 July 2019, Duarte joined recently-promoted

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on a four-year deal for a €3 million fee, with Sporting keeping 25% of future sale rights. He made his

debut on 17 August, playing the entire 4–4 away draw against

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Villarreal, in the Province of Castellón, Castellón province of easte ...

, and scored his first goal on 5 October in a 4–2 loss at

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. Duarte started in ten of his 11 appearances in the

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, as his team reached the quarter-finals. On 20 September 2021, he headed home in the first half of an eventual 1–1 away draw with

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Getafe

On 11 July 2022, following Granada's relegation, Duarte remained in the Spanish top division after signing a four-year contract with

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. He made his debut on 15 August in a 3–0 home loss to

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in the first game of the season.

International career

Duarte won his only

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for the Portugal under-21 side on 24 March 2017, when he featured 11 minutes in a 3–1 friendly win over

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. In November 2019, manager Fernando Santos called him up for the first time to the senior team ahead of

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qualifiers against

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and

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. On 11 November 2020, Duarte made his full debut, in a 7–0 rout of

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in another exhibition at the

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. In October 2022, he was included in a preliminary 55-man squad for the

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in Qatar.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Individual *

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Team of the Tournament:

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References

External links

*
Portuguese League profile
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duarte, Domingos 1995 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Cascais Men's association football central defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players G.D. Estoril Praia players Sporting CP B players C.F. Os Belenenses players G.D. Chaves players La Liga players Segunda División players Deportivo de La Coruña players Granada CF footballers Getafe CF footballers Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain