Duda (footballer, born 1974)

Brazilian footballer

DudaPersonal information

Full name|  Carlos Eduardo Ventura
Date of birth|  (1974-03-15) 15 March 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth|  São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Height|  1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)|  Forward
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1997|  Corinthians-AL|  |
1997–1998|  Benfica|  0|  (0)
1998|  Kashiwa Reysol|  5|  (3)
1999|  Rio Ave|  8|  (1)
1999|  Porto|  1|  (0)
2000|  Alverca|  15|  (5)
2000–2004|  Boavista|  95|  (13)
2005|  Inter Limeira|  |
2005–2006|  Corinthians-AL|  |
2007|  Luziânia|  |
2008|  Sliema Wanderers|  6|  (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Eduardo Ventura (born 15 March 1974), known as Duda, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a forward or right winger.

He spent most of his career in Portugal, most notably with Boavista, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 119 matches and 19 goals over six seasons.[1]

## Club career

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Born in São Bernardo do Campo, Duda started playing organized football at Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano and, after just one season, in 1997, moved to Portugal with S.L. Benfica, but failed to feature for the latter club in official matches. After a few months in Japan and a brief stint with Rio Ave F.C. he signed with FC Porto, but was also highly unsuccessful there, finishing the 1999–2000 campaign with F.C. Alverca.[1]

Duda had his most steady and successful period with Boavista FC, being one of the most important attacking players in a side that conquered their sole national title in 2001 (scoring ten Primeira Liga goals), alongside Martelinho and Elpídio Silva.[2] After only 19 appearances in 2003–04, and no league goals whatsoever in his last two years, he returned to Brazil and joined Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira), switching shortly after to his former club Corinthians Alagoano.

After a spell with Associação Atlética Luziânia, Duda moved in January 2008 to Sliema Wanderers F.C. of the Maltese Premier League. This was not his first visit to the country, as he had been to the island while a member of Boavista in a UEFA Champions League second-round qualifier against Hibernians F.C. in August 2003, which ended in a 3–3 draw, with the player himself getting on the scoresheet.[3]

## Honours

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Porto

* Taça de Portugal: 1999–2000[4][5]

Boavista

* Primeira Liga: 2000–01[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b Cunha, Pedro Jorge (22 October 2020). "Campeão no Boavista fintou a morte: «Sobrevivi a queda de sete metros»" [Champion for Boavista dribbled death: "I survived seven-metre fall] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
2. ^ "Finalmente um novo campeão, 55 anos depois: 2000–01, Boavista campeão nacional pela primeira vez" [A new champion at last, 55 years later: 2000–01, Boavista national champions for the first time] (in Portuguese). Mundo Desportivo. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
3. ^ "Boavista frente ao Hibernians" [Boavista against Hibernians]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 August 2002. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
4. ^ Vasconcelos, Gonçalo (14 November 1999). "FC Porto: Deco à solta" [FC Porto: Deco on the loose]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
5. ^ Tovar, Rui Miguel (26 January 2019). "FC Porto-Sporting: o bug do milénio" [FC Porto-Sporting: the millennium bug] (in Portuguese). Sábado. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
6. ^ Carvalho Reis, Joana (18 May 2016). "Lembra-se deles? Há 15 anos o Boavista foi campeão nacional" [Remember them? Boavista were national champions 15 years ago] (in Portuguese). TSF. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

## External links

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* Duda at ForaDeJogo (archived)
* Duda at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals