Duarte Brás Carneiro Costa Taveiro Machado (born 12 February 1983) is a Portuguese retired

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who played mainly as

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Playing career

Born in Lisbon, Machado played youth football at

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from ages 15 to 19. He made his senior debut with amateurs União Sport Clube, and went on to compete in the lower leagues until 2006, also representing Casa Pia A.C. and

C.D. Olivais e Moscavide Clube Desportivo dos Olivais e Moscavide is a centenary club located in the eastern area of Lisbon that distinguishes itself in practice in different levels of football, basketball, American Football and Table Football, in addition to developing ...

and achieving promotion to the Segunda Liga in the latter season. Until 2013, Machado played almost exclusively in the second tier or Portuguese football, with C.D. Fátima and

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. Whilst with the latter club, he contributed 39 games in the 2012–13 campaign – 38 starts – as it returned to the

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after a three-year absence. Machado made his debut in the top flight on 15 September 2013, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away loss against Académica de Coimbra. The previous month, still during preseason, he suffered a

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injury that ruled him out for four weeks. Machado retired in 2016 at the age of 34, after one season apiece in the second division with S.C. Olhanense and

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Coaching career

Machado started working as a

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shortly after retiring, going on to be in charge of several teams in the lower leagues.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Machado, Duarte 1983 births Living people Portuguese footballers Footballers from Lisbon Association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Casa Pia A.C. players C.D. Olivais e Moscavide players C.D. Fátima players C.F. Os Belenenses players S.C. Olhanense players Atlético Clube de Portugal players Portuguese football managers