Ángel Fortuño Viñas (born 5 October 2001) is a Spanish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

Club career

Born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

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, Fortuño joined

's youth setup in 2009, from

CE Júpiter Club Esportiu Júpiter is a Spanish football team based in Barcelona in the district of Sant Martí, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it plays in the , holding home games at ''Camp Municipal La Verneda'', with a capaci ...

. He was promoted to the reserves in

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ahead of the 2020–21 season, and renewed his contract until 2024 on 25 September 2020. Fortuño made his senior debut on 18 October 2020, starting in a 2–1 home win over

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. Initially a backup to

Joan García Joan García Pons (born 4 May 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Barcelona. A native of Catalonia, García began his football career at CE Sallent before joining RCD Espanyol’s youth system ...

, he became a starter with the B-team after García was promoted to the main squad, and further extended his link until 2027 on 22 September 2023. Fortuño was promoted to the main squad for the 2024–25 campaign, initially as a third-choice behind García and Fernando Pacheco.

International career

Fortuño represented

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at under-18, under-19 and under-20 levels.

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