Rodi Duarte

Rodi
Personal information
Full name	Rodirlei José Ascensão Duarte
Date of birth	28 May 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Santa Maria, Cape Verde
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Sporting Praia
Youth career
2009	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team
000?–2009	Sporting Santa Maria
2009–2010	Porto
2010–2012	Gil Vicente
2011–2012	→ Pinhalnovense (loan)
2012–2014	Famalicão
2014–2015	Poli Timișoara
2015–2016	Sporting Praia
2016–2017	Santa Maria
2017–2020	GD Oásis Atlântico
2020–2021	Florença Santa Maria
International career
	Cape Verde U21
2009	Cape Verde
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rodirlei "Rodi" José Ascensão Duarte, sometime known as "Rody" (born 28 May 1991) is a Cape Verdean former footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Rodi spend his youth career in Portugal where he played for F.C. Porto. He returned to Cape Verde and his senior career began with SC Santa Maria based in his hometown. He would play for several Portuguese football clubs starting with FC Porto for one season in 2009, two seasons with Gil Vicente and was on loan with Pinhalnovense in the 2011–12 season and recently with Famalicão. He spent one season in Romania with ACS Poli Timişoara where he appeared for nine matches and scored a goal. Rodi moved to play with Sporting Praia, his second Cape Verdean club in six years where he currently appears.

Rodi was capped for Cape Verde under-21 team. He was call-up to the senior team in September 2009^[1] along with three other U21 internationals^[2] and played in the match against Malta.^[3]

References

^ "FUTEBOL: Cabo Verde joga hoje com Malta". Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 4 September 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
^ "SELECÇÃO NACIONAL DE FUTEBOL: divulgada lista para amistosos com Malta e Angola". Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 29 August 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
^ "FUTEBOL: Cabo Verde vence Malta". Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 4 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2010.

External links

Rodi at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "FUTEBOL: Cabo Verde joga hoje com Malta". Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 4 September 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2010.

[2] "SELECÇÃO NACIONAL DE FUTEBOL: divulgada lista para amistosos com Malta e Angola". Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 29 August 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2010.

[3] "FUTEBOL: Cabo Verde vence Malta". Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 4 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2010.

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