Fábio Miguel Silva Duarte (born 11 May 1998) is a
Portuguese professional
footballer who plays as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...
for
1º Dezembro.
Club career
Born in
Amadora
Amadora (), officially Amadora City (), is a List of cities in Portugal, city and concelho, municipality in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area and 10 km from central Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 175,136, in an area of 23.78&nb ...
, Duarte started his football career at
S.L. Benfica's youth system in 2007. Following his progress through their youth ranks, he made his professional debut with the club's
reserve team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players who are under contract to a club but who do not regularly play in matches for the club's primary team. Reserve teams usually include players who are part of the larger first-team squad but ...
in a 5–1
LigaPro
The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier ...
loss to
Real on 18 February 2018.
Honours
Benfica
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UEFA Youth League
The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2013. In its current format, it is contested by the under-19 teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions Le ...
runner-up:
2016–17
References
External links
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1998 births
Footballers from Amadora
Living people
Portuguese men's footballers
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
Men's association football goalkeepers
C.F. Os Belenenses players
S.L. Benfica B players
U.D. Vilafranquense players
AVS Futebol SAD players
S.U. 1º Dezembro players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Liga 3 (Portugal) players
21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
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