Portuguese footballer
Duarte Machado Full name
Duarte Brás Carneiro Costa Taveiro Machado[ 1] Date of birth
(1983-02-12 ) 12 February 1983 (age 41) [ 1] Place of birth
Lisbon , Portugal[ 1] Height
1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Position(s)
Defender 1996–1998
Luso Barreiro 1998–2002
Sporting CP Years
Team
Apps
(Gls ) 2002–2003
União Santiago
2003–2005
Casa Pia
36
(0) 2005–2007
Olivais Moscavide
49
(0) 2007–2010
Fátima
64
(3) 2010–2014
Belenenses
91
(0) 2014−2015
Olhanense
38
(0) 2015−2016
Atlético
36
(0) Total
314
(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Duarte Brás Carneiro Costa Taveiro Machado (born 12 February 1983) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as right-back .
Playing career
Born in Lisbon , Machado played youth football at Sporting CP from ages 15 to 19. He made his senior debut with amateurs União Sport Clube, and went on to compete in the lower leagues until 2006, also representing Casa Pia A.C. and C.D. Olivais e Moscavide and achieving promotion to the Segunda Liga in the latter season .[ 2]
Until 2013, Machado played almost exclusively in the second tier or Portuguese football , with C.D. Fátima [ 3] and C.F. Os Belenenses .[ 4] Whilst with the latter club, he contributed 39 games in the 2012–13 campaign – 38 starts – as it returned to the Primeira Liga after a three-year absence.[ 5]
Machado made his debut in the top flight on 15 September 2013, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away loss against Académica de Coimbra .[ 6] The previous month, still during preseason, he suffered a thigh injury that ruled him out for four weeks.[ 7]
Machado retired in 2016 at the age of 34, after one season apiece in the second division with S.C. Olhanense and Atlético Clube de Portugal .[ 8]
Coaching career
Machado started working as a manager shortly after retiring, going on to be in charge of several teams in the lower leagues.[ 9] [ 10]
Career statistics
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