John-Paul Duarte

{{Infobox football biography

| name = John-Paul Duarte

| image = File:Gibratlar v. Faroe Islands friendly football match 1 March 2014 (John-Paul Duarte).jpg

| caption = Duarte in 2014 with Gibraltar

| fullname = John-Paul Duarte

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|12|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gibraltar

| height =

| currentclub = Mons Calpe

| clubnumber = 14

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 2002–2006

| youthclubs1 = Lincoln Red Imps

| years1 = 2006–2013

| caps1 = –

| goals1 = –

| clubs1 = Lincoln Red Imps{{efn|Pre-UEFA. Gibraltar football stats before 2013 are unknown}}

| years2 = 2013–2015

| caps2 = 32

| goals2 = 25

| clubs2 = Lincoln Red Imps

| years3 = 2015–2016

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 1

| clubs3 = Manchester 62

| years4 = 2016–2019

| caps4 = 55

| goals4 = 24

| clubs4 = St Joseph's

| years5 = 2019–2020

| caps5 = 7

| goals5 = 3

| clubs5 = Bruno's Magpies

| years6 = 2021–

| caps6 = 26

| goals6 = 11

| clubs6 = Mons Calpe

| nationalyears1 = 2014–2017

| nationalteam1 = Gibraltar

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 30 March 2024

| ntupdate = 6 September 2017

| upright =

}}

John-Paul Duarte (born 13 December 1986) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays for Gibraltar National League side Mons Calpe and the Gibraltar national team, where he plays as a forward.

Club career

Duarte made his debut in 2006 for Lincoln Red Imps, becoming a regular in the side that dominated football in Gibraltar for over a decade. However, injuries soon cost him a regular place in the side and in 2015 he moved to Manchester 62. Another injury plagued season ensued as Manchester 62 struggled to get out of mid-table, and after one season at the club he moved on to St Joseph's, where his form drastically improved, earning him a recall to the Gibraltar national football team in March 2017. In summer 2019 he joined Bruno's Magpies - he had originally agreed terms with Gibraltar United before reported financial issues hit the club, causing the deal to collapse.[https://twitter.com/FootballGib/status/1157594272989945856 Duarte joins Magpies] Football Gibraltar. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

International career

Duarte was first called up to the Gibraltar senior team in February 2014 for friendlies against Faroe Islands and Estonia on 1 and 5 March 2014.{{cite web|title=GFA reveals squads for upcoming friendlies |url=http://www.gbc.gi/news/3190/gfa-reveals-squads-for-upcoming-friendlies |publisher=GBC |accessdate=4 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222015049/http://www.gbc.gi/news/3190/gfa-reveals-squads-for-upcoming-friendlies |archivedate=22 February 2014 }}{{cite web|title=Squad for Faroe Islands and Estonia friendlies announced|url=https://footballgibraltar.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/squad-for-faroe-islands-and-estonia-friendlies-announced/|website=footballgibraltar.wordpress.com/|accessdate=4 March 2014}} He made his international début with Gibraltar on 1 March 2014 in a 4-1 home loss with the Faroe Islands.{{cite news|title=Gibraltar crash back down to earth with heavy Faroe Islands loss|url=https://nonfifafootball.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-reality-of-uefa-international.html|accessdate=4 March 2014|date=1 March 2014}} His second appearance came a 2-0 home loss to Estonia on 5 March 2014.