Steven Fortès (born 17 April 1992) is a professional

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who last played as a

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for Lens. Born in France, he represents

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at international level.

Club career

Born in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

, Fortès played club football in France for SCO La Cayolle, Arles-Avignon B, Arles-Avignon and

Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very cl ...

During the 2016–17 season he made 27 appearances for

, 25 in

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

and 2 in the

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. In June 2017, Fortès joined

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

on a free transfer signing a four-year contract. He was loaned to Lens in January 2019 until the end of the season. On 21 June 2019, the deal was made permanent with Fortes agreeing to a three-year contract. In August 2021 he moved on loan to Oostende. In summer 2022, after his return from loan, Fortès was linked with a move away from Lens.

International career

Fortès made his senior international debut for

Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...

in 2015. He was named in the squad for the

2021 Africa Cup of Nations The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON 2021 or CAN 2021), known as the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's foo ...

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* 1992 births Living people French sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent French men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Cape Verdean men's footballers Cape Verde men's international footballers 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Belgian Pro League players AC Arlésien players Le Havre AC players Toulouse FC players RC Lens players K.V. Oostende players Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium {{CapeVerde-footy-bio-stub