{{Short description|Portuguese footballer (1945–2022)}} {{Portuguese name|Almeida|Duarte}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Manuel Duarte | image = | fullname = Manuel Almeida Duarte | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|5|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Celorico de Basto, Portugal | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|9|2|1945|5|29|df=y}} | death_place = Fafe, Portugal | height = | position = Striker | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1962–1964 | clubs1 = Académica | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 6 | years2 = 1964–1966 | clubs2 = Leixões | caps2 = 38 | goals2 = 14 | years3 = 1966–1970 | clubs3 = Sporting CP | caps3 = 27 | goals3 = 12 | years4 = 1970–1971 | clubs4 = Porto | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1971–1972 | clubs5 = Varzim | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 1972–1978 | clubs6 = Fafe | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 1978–1979 | clubs7 = Cabeceirense | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 1979–1980 | clubs8 = Limianos | caps8 = | goals8 = | years9 = 1981–1982 | clubs9 = Felgueiras | caps9 = | goals9 = | years10 = 1982–1984 | clubs10 = Mondinense | caps10 = | goals10 = | nationalyears1 = 1966 | nationalteam1 = Portugal | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}} {{medal|Country|{{fb|POR}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}} {{Medal|3rd|1966 England|}} }} '''Manuel Almeida Duarte''' (29 May 1945 – 2 September 2022) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.
==Club career== Duarte was born in Celorico de Basto, Braga District. In 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 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arquivista.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/epoca-196667-primeira-divisao/|title=Época 1966/67: Primeira Divisão|trans-title=1966/67 season: First Division|publisher=Arquivos da Bola|language=Portuguese|date=17 October 2007|accessdate=25 May 2017}}</ref>
==International career== Duarte earned two caps for Portugal in 1966, being an unused squad member at that year's FIFA World Cup.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://expresso.pt/desporto/2016-07-13-A-lenda-dos-Magricos-comecou-ha-50-anos|title=A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos|trans-title=The legend of the ''Magriços'' started 50 years ago|newspaper=Expresso|first1=Paulo|last1=Paixão|first2=José Pedro|last2=Castanheira|language=Portuguese|date=13 July 2016|accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref>
==Death== Duarte died in Fafe on 2 September 2022, aged 77.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/antigo-futebolista-manuel-duarte-um-dos-magricos-morre-aos-77-anos-15132818.html|title=Manuel Duarte, um dos "magriços", morre aos 77 anos|trans-title=Manuel Duarte, one of the "magriços", dies at the age of 77|newspaper=Diário de Notícias|language=Portuguese|date=2 September 2022|accessdate=2 September 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ForaDeJogo}} *{{NFT player|47416}} *{{EU-Football.info|23771}}
{{Portugal Squad 1966 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duarte, Manuel}} Category:1945 births Category:2022 deaths Category:People from Celorico de Basto Category:20th-century Portuguese sportsmen Category:Portuguese men's footballers Category:Footballers from Braga District Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Primeira Liga players Category:Liga Portugal 2 players Category:Académica de Coimbra (football) players Category:Leixões S.C. players Category:Sporting CP footballers Category:FC Porto players Category:Varzim S.C. players Category:AD Fafe players Category:A.D. Os Limianos players Category:F.C. Felgueiras players Category:Portugal men's international footballers Category:1966 FIFA World Cup players