
Photo: Carlo Bruil Fotografie / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Deroy Duarte sits right at one of football's most human crossroads. Rotterdam-born and Dutch-raised, he chose to represent Cape Verde, and that decision to honour an island heritage on the international stage is the kind of identity story I find genuinely compelling. Now a midfielder at Ludogorets in Bulgaria, he embodies how the modern game scatters players across continents while they keep their roots intact. Born in 1999, he still has plenty of road ahead. I'm curious to watch where he lands, and I quietly root for the players who carry a small nation's flag with real pride.
Overview
Deroy d'Encarnação Duarte (Dutch: [də.ˈɾɔj] Portuguese: [dẽ.kɐɾ.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w du.ˈaɾ.tɨ]; born 4 July 1999) is a professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Bulgarian First League club Ludogorets Razgrad. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Cape Verde national team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Deroy Duarte
- Name (Japanese)
- デロイ・ドゥアルテ
- Reading
- でろい・どぅあるて
- Born
- July 4, 1999 (age 26)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rabbit
- Origin
- Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 177 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.