Yassin Enzo Fortuné (born 30 January 1999) is a French professional

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who plays for Swiss club

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Early years

Fortuné was born in Aubervilliers, France to a

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an father and

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n mother. As a child growing up in the

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area, Fortuné idolized Arsenal star and fellow countryman

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, and has said he patterns his game after him, but compares himself to

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. Fortuné started his career with Stains F.C. in the Ligue de Paris Île-de-France de football in January 2008. He left the club the same year and joined the third-tier

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in France in August. In July 2012, Fortuné signed with

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At age 16, Fortuné signed his first professional contract in July 2015 with

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on a three-year £3 million deal, with two years as a scholar and one year on professional terms after facing competition from

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. Though with the club for three years, Fortuné only made 22 appearances for the Arsenal U18, U19 and U23 sides, scoring just two goals and three assists after being marred by injuries.

Club career

FC Sion

In May 2018, after three years of not making a professional appearance for the senior Arsenal club, Fortuné had rejected a new three-year contract offer to stay with the club and agreed to four-year deal with

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of the Swiss first division with Arsenal agreeing to transfer, becoming his first professional club. It wasn’t until on 16 September 2018 when Fortuné made his professional debut for Sion against Lausanne-Sport. Six days later, on 22 September 2018, he made his league debut for the club, in a 4–1 loss against

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. Fortuné scored his first goal during his first professional start on 30 September 2018 for Sion against

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. After making his debut for the club, he appeared in a number of matches. His second goal for the club then came on 11 November 2018, in a 2–1 win over

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Loan to Angers

In 31 January 2021, he was loaned to French

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club

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. He only made one substitute appearance for Angers during the loan.

Loan to Cholet

On 10 August 2021, he moved on a new French loan to

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, this time in the third-tier

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International career

Fortuné is eligible to play for

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and

Youth career

Fortuné scored 5 goals for France U16 in 11 appearances, scoring against Ukraine U16 and Czech Republic U16. Between September 2015 and May 2016, Fortuné then represented France U17, scoring 2 goals in 13 appearances, which were against Czech Republic U17 and Denmark U17. He also played three matches during the

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tournament.
Fortuné then scored 7 goals in 15 appearances for France U18.

Career statistics

Club

References

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortune, Yassin 1999 births Sportspeople from Aubervilliers French sportspeople of Haitian descent French sportspeople of Algerian descent Living people French men's footballers Men's association football forwards France men's youth international footballers Arsenal F.C. players FC Sion players Angers SCO players SO Cholet players Swiss Super League players Swiss Promotion League players Swiss Challenge League players Ligue 1 players Championnat National players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Footballers from Seine-Saint-Denis