Carlos Manuel dos Santos Fortes (born 9 November 1994) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for Indonesian club

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as a

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Club career

Braga

Born in

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, Fortes started his senior career in Spain with

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's reserves in the

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. He then returned to Portugal after signing with

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, being assigned to their

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and spending two full seasons in the Segunda Liga with them, scoring 11 goals in 2015–16. Fortes played his only competitive match with the first team on 13 March 2016, featuring 90 minutes in the 3–0 away loss against Belenenses in the

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. He split the 2016–17 campaign on loan, with

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(Turkish

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) and

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(Portuguese second division); a permanent move was later agreed with the latter club.

Romania

In the following years, Fortes plied his trade in Romania, appearing for Gaz Metan Mediaș and Universitatea Craiova. He scored his first goal in the

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and top-flight football on 23 July 2018, helping hosts Gaz Metan to defeat

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2−1.

Indonesia

Fortes returned to Portugal and its second tier on 10 July 2020, joining Vilafranquense on a two-year contract. On 12 July 2021, however, he went back abroad and agreed to a one-year deal at Arema of the

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. He made his league debut on 5 September, starting in a 1–1 draw against

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. He scored his first goal later that month, the game's only at

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, totalling 20 over the season to help his team finish fourth in the table. On 1 April 2022, Fortes moved to

of the same country and league.

International career

Fortes appeared with the Portugal under-20 team in the

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Personal life

Fortes' older brother,

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, was also a footballer and a forward.

Honours

Individual * Liga 1 Goal of the Month: October 2021, February 2022 *Liga 1 Best Goal: 2021–22

References

External links

*
Portuguese League profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortes, Carlos 1994 births Living people Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Black Portuguese sportspeople Portuguese footballers Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players S.C. Braga B players S.C. Braga players F.C. Vizela players U.D. Vilafranquense players Tercera División players Rayo Cantabria players TFF First League players Şanlıurfaspor footballers Liga I players CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players CS Universitatea Craiova players Botola players Ittihad Tanger players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Arema F.C. players PSIS Semarang players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Morocco Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia