Duda (footballer, born 1974)

Duda
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Eduardo Ventura
Date of birth	15 March 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997	Corinthians-AL
1997–1998	Benfica
1998	Kashiwa Reysol
1999	Rio Ave
1999	Porto
2000	Alverca
2000–2004	Boavista
2005	Inter Limeira
2005–2006	Corinthians-AL
2007	Luziânia
2008	Sliema Wanderers
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Eduardo Ventura (born 15 March 1974), known as Duda, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward or right winger.^[1]

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.

Club career[edit]

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.

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 league title in 2001 (scoring ten Primeira Liga goals), alongside Elpídio Silva and Martelinho.^[2] After only 14 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 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 playing at 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]

Porto

Boavista

^ Campeão no Boavista fintou a morte: «Sobrevivi a queda de sete metros» maisfutebol.iol.pt
^ "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.
^ "Boavista frente ao Hibernians" [Boavista against Hibernians]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 August 2002. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^ "FC Porto: Deco à solta" [FC Porto: Deco on the loose]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 November 1999. Retrieved 18 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 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.