While the Hungarians try to block him at the last moment, Andre Duarte is one step away from FCSB!
Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Thursday, 27 November 2025, 21:21 / Updated on Thursday, 27 November 2025 21:22
The Portuguese Andre Duarte (28 years old) is one of the footballers FCSB has set its sights on. The stopper announced a week ago that he parted ways with the Hungarians from Ujpest, a club that had excluded him from first team training.
UPDATE 21:00 » Andre Duarte, agreement with FCSB
While the Hungarians want to keep him in place, Duarte has already met with FCSB, according to journalist Emanuel Roșu.
The Portuguese would arrive in Romania next week to sign the contract with the Romanian champion, if nothing unforeseen happens.
The original news
Duarte he had specified the fact that the separation did not come to his wish, being forced by the club to leave. But the media from Hungary is now coming up with a “repeat” version, a scenario that brings a lot to what happened to Duarte while he was playing for FCU Craiova.
Ujpest claims that Andre Duarte still has a contract until 2028!
Mihai Stoica, the FCSB official, stated the other day that Duarte has always been a target for the Romanian champions. Except that the transfer could be complicated even by Ujpest.
Andre Duarte still has a contract with Ujpest until the summer of 2028, claim the Hungarians from Hunfoci, contradicting the Lusitanian stopper's announcement.
“Andre Duarte says goodbye to Ujpest, but still has a valid contract with the purple and white club! The issue could even lead to legal action.
Last Saturday, after a long and heated debate, the Portuguese player Andre Duarte announced on his official Instagram page that he is leaving the Ujpest club.
The 28-year-old defender was recently kicked out of the club's first team for disciplinary reasons and has been sent to the second team. Ujpest has not yet officially announced the termination of his contract.
Our information is that Andre Duarte's deal with Ujpest runs until the summer of 2028. It is very possible that Ujpest will sue him, setting an example to prevent similar situations in the future“, note the Hungarians.
We were always interested. I have been in contact. We had a discussion. There is nothing concrete at the moment. The list is longer now. We have several players with whom we have started discussions, we are not only discussing with Duarte.
– Mihai Stoicaon the topic “Back to FCSB”
Andre Duarte, during the FCU Craiova period
FCU Craiova 2.0! Andre Duarte annoyed Mititelu and left Romania
It is not the first time that Andre Duarte is involved in such a situation. In July 2023, the Portuguese was reported missing by Adrian Mititelu.
The dispute was triggered by the fact that FCU Craiova claimed that Duarte had one year left on his contract, the player and his manager said that the deal expired on June 30, 2023.
In any case, Andre Duarte did not return to Bănie after the end of the previous season and ended up in Osijek, a Croatian team for which he played for a year, before arriving at Ujpest.
The Portuguese defender played for FCU Craiova in the 2022-2023 season, during which he made 41 appearances in the Superliga.
Later, Andre Duarte appealed to FIFA, won his case and was released from his contract. It remains to be seen if a similar situation will occur with the Hungarian team.
He is a super professional, a grade 11 boy. In the history of Craiova, he is the only player, I don't know if there is any other case, who played all the minutes.
In the 2022-2023 season. I don't think anything like this has happened in the history of this club, regardless of how it was organized.
– Adrian Mititeluabout Andre Duarte
1 million eurosit's Andre Duarte's share, according to Transfermarkt
