Bruno Duarte

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Bruno Duarte
Bruno Duarte da Silva.jpg
Duarte in 2025 with Red Star Belgrade
Personal information
Full name Bruno Duarte da Silva
Date of birth (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Red Star Belgrade
Number 17
Youth career
2012–2013 São Paulo
2013–2016 Palmeiras
2016 Portuguesa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Portuguesa 20 (2)
2018–2019 Lviv 31 (10)
2019–2022 Vitória Guimarães 80 (18)
2022–2023 Damac 18 (4)
2023–2024 Farense 32 (13)
2024– Red Star Belgrade 34 (18)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 July 2025

Bruno Duarte da Silva (born 24 March 1996), known as Bruno Duarte or simply Bruno, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade.

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Club career

Portuguesa

Born in São Paulo, São Paulo, Bruno Duarte started at local São Paulo FC. In March 2016, after a stint at Palmeiras, he joined Portuguesa and was assigned to the under-20 squad. [2]

Bruno Duarte made his senior debut on 4 June 2016, starting in a 3–1 Série C home win against Ypiranga-RS. [3] He featured in six matches during the campaign, as his side suffered relegation.

Bruno Duarte scored his first senior goal on 9 April 2017, netting the opener in a 1–1 away draw against Guarani for the Campeonato Paulista Série A2. The following March, he asked to leave the club. [4]

Lviv

In July 2018, Bruno Duarte signed a three-year contract with FC Lviv in the Ukrainian Premier League. [5] He made his debut abroad on 22 July, in the away game of the first round against FC Arsenal Kyiv. [6] On 22 September, he equalised in a 1–1 home draw with FC Karpaty Lviv in the West Ukrainian football derby. [7]

Vitória de Guimarães

On 15 August 2019, Bruno Duarte signed a four-year deal with the option of a fifth at Vitória S.C. in the Portuguese Primeira Liga. The transfer fee was €600,000 for 75% of his economic rights. [8] He made his debut a week later, starting in a goalless draw away to FCSB in the UEFA Europa League play-offs. [9] On 22 September, he scored his first goal in a 3–1 win at C.D. Tondela, [10] and also netted in both Europa group games against Arsenal, including a late equaliser on 6 November at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques . [11]

In 2020–21, Bruno Duarte was more often a substitute behind Colombian Óscar Estupiñán, [12] while new manager Pepa experimented with them in tandem the following season. [13] In the Taça da Liga, he scored in three games as Vitória reached the semi-finals at the expense of S.L. Benfica; this included a late equaliser at home to that team on 27 October. [14]

Damac

On 22 July 2022, Bruno Duarte joined Saudi Arabian club Damac. [15] The transfer fee was reported to be worth an initial €600,000, which could rise to €700,000 with add-ons. [16]

Farense

On 21 July 2023, Bruno Duarte returned to Portugal, signing a two-year contract with recently promoted to Primeira Liga side Farense. [17]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 August 2025 [18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueState league [a] National cup [b] League cup [c] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Portuguesa 2016 Série C 60000060
2017 Série D 61410011 [d] 1213
2018 400040
Total1281000111313
Lviv 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 28920309
2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League310031
Total3110203310
Vitória Guimarães 2019–20 Primeira Liga 24810108 [e] 23410
2020–21 Primeira Liga2532000273
2021–22 Primeira Liga31720433710
Total80185053829823
Damac 2022–23 Saudi Pro League 18410194
Farense 2023–24 Primeira Liga321311303614
Red Star Belgrade 2024–25 Serbian SuperLiga 3216439 [f] 14520
2025–26 Serbian SuperLiga22004 [f] 365
Total3418431345125
Career total20764811348321611126879

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

References

  1. "Bruno Duarte". crvenazvezdafk.com.
  2. "Portuguesa de Desporto contrata atacante Bruno" [Portuguesa de Desporto[sic] sign forward Bruno] (in Brazilian Portuguese). K&J Sport. 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. "Portuguesa supera Ypiranga em casa e vence a primeira na Série C" [Portuguesa overcome Ypiranga at home and win the first one in the Série C] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. "Bruno Duarte e Luizinho pedem para deixar a Portuguesa" [Bruno Duarte and Luizinho ask to leave Portuguesa] (in Brazilian Portuguese). NetLusa. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. FC Lviv was reinforced with two Brazilians
  6. ""Arsenal-Kyiv" - "Lviv"". Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  7. "Фанати ледь не зірвали львівське дербі в чемпіонаті України: опубліковано фото і відео" [Fans almost disrupted the Lviv derby in the Ukrainian championship: photos and video have been published] (in Ukrainian). Apostrophe. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  8. "OFICIAL: Bruno Duarte é reforço do V. Guimarães" [OFFICIAL: Bruno Duarte is V. Guimarães addition] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  9. "Liga Europa: Vitória empata em Bucareste (0-0) e mantém apuramento em aberto" [Europa League: Vitória draw in Bucharest (0-0) and keep qualification chances open]. O Minho (in Portuguese). 22 August 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  10. "Vitória de Guimarães vence na visita ao Tondela" [Vitória de Guimarães win on visit to Tondela]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 22 September 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  11. Ames, Nick (6 November 2019). "Vitória Guimarães' Bruno Duarte strikes late to deny Arsenal in Europa League". The Guardian . Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  12. "Bruno Duarte ganha crédito" [Bruno Duarte gaining credit]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 August 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  13. Santos, Mónica (10 December 2021). "Pepa e a dupla Bruno Duarte-Estupiñan: "Há aqui coisas que nos limitam"" [Pepa and the Bruno Duarte-Estupiñán partnership: "There are things about it that limit us"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  14. Carmo, Cátia (27 October 2021). "Chuva de golos. Benfica empata em Guimarães e deixa tudo em aberto na Taça da Liga" [Raining goals. Benfica draw in Guimarães and leave everything open in the Taça da Liga] (in Portuguese). TSF . Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  15. "ضمك السعودي يدعم هجومه بالبرازيلي دوراتي".
  16. "Vitória confirma saída de Bruno Duarte para a Arábia Saudita".
  17. "Bruno Duarte volta ao futebol português para vestir camisola '9' do Farense" [Bruno Duarte returns to Portuguese football to wear Farense's number '9' shirt]. SAPO Desporto (in European Portuguese). 21 July 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  18. Bruno Duarte at Soccerway
  19. "We are the champions - again!". Crvena zvezda. Retrieved 15 May 2025.