Paulo Duarte

Duarte was born in Massarelos, Porto District. After playing youth football for Boavista and starting out as a senior at União de Coimbra, he signed for União de Leiria in 1988, also in the Segunda Liga. Duarte then spent two years apiece with Salgueiros and Marítimo, making his Primeira Liga debut with the former and totalling 84 league games for those clubs. Subsequently, he returned to Leiria who now competed in the Portuguese top flight, retiring almost one decade later aged 35 and being first-choice in four of those seasons (in 2001–02, as the team qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup, he was managed by a young José Mourinho).

After his retirement, Duarte immediately began his managerial career, staying with his last club Leiria as an assistant. In the tenth round of 2006–07's top division, he was named coach of the first team after replacing Domingos Paciência, eventually helping them to finish seventh. In late 2007, Duarte left Leiria and, a couple of months later, was appointed manager of Burkina Faso. On 2 June 2009, however, he was signed by France's Le Mans on a two-year contract while still working with the national side. Duarte was fired by Le Mans on 8 December 2009, becoming the first Ligue 1 manager casualty in the season, but still was on the bench for Burkina Faso's 2010 Africa Cup of Nations campaign, exiting in the group stage after one draw and one loss (the team was in Togo's group). On 17 February 2012, following three matches and as many losses at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, he was dismissed. On 29 April 2012, Duarte was appointed interim coach of the Gabon national team. He was sacked on 23 September of the following year, after failing to qualify the country for both the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In late December 2015, after a brief club spell with Tunisia's Sfaxien, Duarte was again named manager of Burkina Faso. He led the latter to the third place at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, after a 1–0 win against Ghana in Port-Gentil. On 24 July 2019, as the team did not make it to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals, the Burkinabé Football…