Eli Durante

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Eli Durante
Personal information
Place of birth Sao Paulo, Brazil
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1967 Los Angeles Toros 23 (15)
1968 San Diego Toros 6 (1)
1968 St. Louis Stars 6 (1)
1970 Kansas City Spurs 22 (8)
1971–1975 Rochester Lancers 90 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eli Durante is a Brazilian retired footballer who played in the North American Soccer League from 1967 to 1975.

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In 1967, Durante moved to the United States and signed with the Los Angeles Toros of the National Professional Soccer League. He was the league's third leading scorer that season. [1] At the end of the season, the NPSL merged with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League and the Toros moved to San Diego. Durante played six games with the Toros before moving to the St. Louis Stars.

In 1969, Durante signed with the Kansas City Spurs as it won the league title. The Spurs folded at the end of the 1970 season and Durante moved to the Rochester Lancers where he spent the last five seasons of his career. After retiring from soccer, Durante returned to Kansas City where he lived [2] before buying Florida Forklift Supply, LLC in 2008. [3]

Awards and honors

In 1977, he was named to the Rochester Lancers Team of the Decade. [4] On 27 December 2014, the Rochester Lancers of the Major Arena Soccer League will induct Durante into the Rochester Lancers Wall of Fame as one of Rochester's "soccer pioneers". Durante played for the original Rochester Lancers of the North American Soccer League. [5]

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References

  1. "1967". The Year in American Soccer. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  2. "Never too early for soccer - Fans wake up to watch Cup final at KC-area pub". The Kansas City Star . 1 July 2002.
  3. "Company History". Florida Forklift Supply, LLC. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011.
  4. Lewis, Michael (3 August 1977). "Lancers can win title only by optimum output". Democrat and Chronicle . p. 50.
  5. DiVeronica, Jeff (11 December 2014). "Sarachan, Funke, Durante, Short to be inducted to Lancers Wall of Fame". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, NY: Gannett . Retrieved 11 December 2014.