Duarte Moreira (footballer)

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Duarte Moreira
Personal information
Full name Duarte Miguel Ramos Moreira
Date of birth (2001-09-29) 29 September 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Bryne
Number 18
Youth career
–2017 Padroense
2017–2020 Porto
2020–2021 Vitória S.C.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 Vitória B 3 (0)
2021–2022 Pevidém 18 (1)
2022–2023 Valadares Gaia 12 (3)
2023– Bryne 63 (24)
International career
2017 Portugal U16 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 August 2025

Duarte Moreira (born 29 September 2001) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a striker for Bryne FK in the Norwegian Eliteserien.

Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, he played for Padroense when he was selected for Portugal U16 for a series of friendly matches in April 2017. In the same year he joined FC Porto, playing once when the team won the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League, and scoring twice in the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League. However, he did not become professional and spent time with Vitória S.C. B, Pevidém and Valadares Gaia in Portugal's third and fourth tiers. [1] [2]

Hoping to play football for a living, Duarte Moreira travelled to Norway and went on trial with Hamarkameratene in March 2023. A transfer was underway before the 2023 winter transfer window closed, [3] [4] but ultimately fell through. Later, a Portuguese player based in Norway, Cláudio Braga, recommended Moreira to First Division team Bryne FK. Moreira went on trial there and secured a transfer in August 2023. [5]

Starting life abroad in the 2023 1. divisjon, Moreira scored in every other match on average, and soon attracted interest from other clubs. He was described as a "comet" [6] [7] and "biggest star". Outside of football, he spent the first year in 2023–24 as a boarding student at Jæren folk high school at Kleppe. This made it easier to transition into living in a foreign country. [8] [9]

After Bryne won promotion from the 2024 1. divisjon, Moreira made his debut in the Eliteserien against Bodø/Glimt before scoring his first Eliteserien goal the next week against Kristiansund. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 Duarte Moreira at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Duarte Moreira at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Tester portugisisk spiss: – Vi gleder oss til å se ham her". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 14 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "TV 2 erfarer: HamKam henter portugisisk 21-åring" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Bryne har signert portugiser". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). 5 August 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Bryne-kometen fortsetter å herje: – Ingen garanti for at vi får beholde ham". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 2 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Bryne har avslått bud på toppscoreren". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). 27 June 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Monica har fått en spesiell elev: – En fantastisk kjekk gutt". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). 19 October 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Brynes største stjerne bor på en skole: – Har fått venner for livet". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 31 March 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Bryne-angriperen med klart mål for sesongen: – Skal være forsiktig med å si det". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 7 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
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