Now it's official: Duarte Cunha extends to 2031 | OneFootball

Duarte Cunha is the latest European and world under-17 champion to extend his ties with FC Porto. Like Bernardo Lima, the 18-year-old forward has renewed his contract until 2031 and will remain linked to the club he has represented for the past nine seasons.

Born on 25 January 2008 in Vila Nova de Cerveira, Duarte Lopes Cunha started playing football in his hometown and moved to Porto at just nine years old, after scoring 54 goals in 46 matches for CD Cerveira.

Since joining the under-10s, the winger, who stands out for his influence in the final third, has progressed through the age groups and established himself as one of the main attacking weapons of Porto’s youth teams: in 2022/23 he recorded 14 goals and the same number of assists in 31 matches for the under-15s; the following season, he was directly involved in 31 goals in 27 appearances for the under-16s.

The 2024/25 season marked the breakthrough of the 1.76-metre player, who scored 16 goals and provided 21 assists in 34 matches for the under-17s. At the end of the season, he was called up for the European Championship in that age group and helped Portugal win the continental title, before being selected for the Under-17 Euro Team of the Tournament after scoring in the final.

The best was yet to come: less than six months after leading Portugal to the top of Europe, Duarte Cunha became an under-17 world champion alongside his FC Porto teammates Martim Chelmik, Yoan Pereira, Bernardo Lima and Mateus Mide.

Back in Porto after the historic feat in Qatar, Duarte Cunha kept scoring and assisting at a high rate for the juniors and made his professional football debut on 6 February this year, in FC Porto B’s home win over Académico de Viseu (3-1). Three weeks later, he scored his first goal in the Segunda Liga, in Torres Vedras (0-3), and at the beginning of May, he provided the assist for the winning goal against FC Felgueiras (1-0).

The blue-and-white number 57 has racked up major achievements in recent months: in June 2025 he was crowned European under-17 champion, in November he won the world title in the age group, in February 2026 he made his debut and scored in professional competitions, and in May he renewed his contract with FC Porto until 2031.

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