Diego Ariel Duarte Garcete

Diego Duarte started as a ten-year-old in Olimpia's youth ranks and worked his way through to the first team, making his professional debut in 2020. He got off the mark that same year, scoring against Sportivo Luqueño, and by the end of the season had a Paraguayan Primera División Clausura title with the club.

Loan spells have shaped much of his career since. He spent 2023 at Sportivo Ameliano before moving to Nacional in January 2024, where he opened his account for the club with a Copa Libertadores goal against Ecuador's Aucas. In July 2025 he joined AVS, also on loan.

His clearest international mark came earlier, at youth level. At the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Duarte scored in all four of Paraguay's group-stage matches, against Mexico, the Solomon Islands, Argentina and the Netherlands. He had already shown that scoring touch at the South American U-17 Championship the same year, netting against Uruguay and Colombia. A call-up to the senior Paraguay squad followed in early 2024, though he is yet to add a first cap at that level.

A left-footed forward comfortable through the middle or drifting to the wings, Duarte has built his career so far on loan moves rather than a settled run at one club.