Frederico Duarte Santos was born in 1997 in Porto, and started playing for SC Espinho in 2006 where he remained for 4 seasons. In 2010 he transferred to AA S. Mamede where he played in the first division, and won during the 7 seasons 3 youth national championships. He is now playing in the USA in the University of Purdue – Fort Wayne. The young 187-cm setter has good skills and a strong tennis jump serve and had is first international match for the Youth national team in 2014. He played in the University Team in the Taipé Summer Universiades 2017.