Enzo Duarte

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Enzo Duarte
Personal information
Full name Enzo de Pina Duarte dos Santos
Date of birth (2009-01-28) 28 January 2009 (age 16)
Place of birth Luxembourg
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund
Youth career
Swift Hesperange
2014–2023 Borussia Dortmund
International career‡
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024–2025 Luxembourg U16 4 (0)
2024– Luxembourg U17 5 (1)
2025– Luxembourg 2 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 September 2025

Enzo Duarte (born 28 January 2009) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Borussia Dortmund and the Luxembourg national team.

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Club career

Son of Cape Verdean goalkeeper Cadabra, Duarte is a youth product of Swift Hesperange in Luxembourg, before moving to the Borussia Dortmund academy in January 2025, whilst already reporting offers from other big European clubs. [1] [2] [3] There he soon proved his talent and versatility in the midfield, [4] establishing himself as Dortmund under-17's playmaker. [2]

International career

Born in Luxembourg, Duarte also has Cape Verdean origins per his father. [1] [3] [5] He is a youth international for Luxembourg, having played for the under-16 and under-17. [6]

In March 2025, he was first called to the Luxembourg senior team for two friendlies against Sweden and Switzerland. [1] [2] [4] [6] He was by then potentially only 72 hours short of beating Vincent Thill's precocity record, which would have made him Luxembourg's second youngest ever international. [2] But he did not play neither in the 1-0 beating of Sweden [7] nor in the 3-1 loss to Switzerland. [8] [9] [10]

He was selected again by Luc Holtz the following June, for two other friendlies, making his debut against the Republic of Ireland on 10 June 2025. [11] [12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Enzo Duarte, jovem neto do antigo guarda-redes Cadabra marca a diferença". SPORTS midia (in European Portuguese). 1 January 1970. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mollereau, Julien. "Duarte, deuxième joueur le plus jeune de l'histoire pour seulement trois jours?". Le Quotidien (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Enzo de Pina rejoint l'équipe nationale du Luxembourg". FACVL (in French). 25 March 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 Nadin, Christophe (13 March 2025). "Les jeunes Madjo et Duarte appelés, Pinto ménagé". Virgule (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  5. ↑ De Burgo, Henrique (20 March 2025). "Estádio do Luxemburgo com lotação esgotada para o jogo contra a Suécia". Contacto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  6. 1 2 Butel, Simon. "Les 2009 font irruption chez les A". Le Quotidien (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  7. ↑ Dolanc, Cédric (24 March 2025). "Enzo de Pina Duarte (16 ans) bientôt lancé dans le grand bain ?". L'essentiel (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  8. ↑ Schnorhk, Valentin; Paccaud, Florian (25 March 2025). "La Suisse s'impose facilement contre le Luxembourg". 20 minutes (in French). Saint-Gall. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Dolanc, Cédric (25 March 2025). "La Suisse douche les Lions rouges". L'essentiel (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "Suisse 3-1 Luxembourg, Matches amicaux A : résumé du match". L'Équipe (in French). 25 March 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "La sélection des Rout léiwen pour les matchs contre la Slovénie Et L'irlande". Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  12. ↑ Hemmen, Bob (2 June 2025). "Luc Holtz écarte cinq joueurs de la sélection pour les deux prochains matchs". Virgule (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
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