Carlos Fortes (footballer, Born 1994)
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Carlos Manuel dos Santos Fortes (born 9 November 1994) is a professional
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who plays as a
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for
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club Foshan Nanshi. Born in Portugal, he represents the Cape Verde national team.


Club career


Braga

Born in Charneca,
Lisbon metropolitan area The Lisbon Metropolitan Area (; abbreviated as AML) is a metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area in Portugal centered on Lisbon, the capital and largest city of the country. The metropolitan area, covering 17 List of cities in Portuga ...
, Fortes started his senior career in Spain with
Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...
's reserves in the
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. He then returned to Portugal after signing with
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, being assigned to their B team 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
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in the
Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...
. 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
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and Universitatea Craiova. He scored his first goal in the
Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...
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
Liga 1 (Indonesia) Liga 1 (), officially known as BRI Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the men's top professional football division of the Indonesian football league system. Administered by PT Liga Indonesia Baru (), Liga 1 is contested by 18 clubs and operate ...
. He made his league debut on 5 September, starting in a 1–1 draw against
PSM Makassar Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar ( 'Football Association of Makassar') commonly referred to as PSM Makassar, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Makassar, South Sulawesi that competes in Liga 1. PSM was founded in 1915 as , ma ...
. He scored his first goal later that month, the game's only at
Persipura Jayapura Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jayapura, or Persipura, is an Indonesia, Indonesian professional association football, football club based in Jayapura, Papua. The club was founded in 1963 and currently competes in the Liga 2 (Indonesia), Liga 2 ...
, totalling 20 over the season to help his team finish fourth in the table. On 1 April 2022, Fortes moved to
PSIS Semarang Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Semarang ( 'Indonesian Football Association of Semarang'), commonly known by its abbreviation PSIS is an Indonesian professional football club based in Semarang, Central Java. The club play their home matches at t ...
of the same country and league. He left the club through a letter addressed to the management in January 2024, citing the desire to be closer to his family as well as offers from the
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as the main reasons.


Later career

On 2 February 2024, Fortes signed a short-term deal with Al Dhafra in the
UAE First Division League UAE First Division League is the second tier of football league competition in the United Arab Emirates. As of 2020–21, the league features 15 sides who play each other in a home and away round-robin format, with a total of 28 games for each t ...
. In June, he agreed to a one-and-a-half-year contract at
China League One The Chinese Football League 1 (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (), is the second level of professional football in China, under the Chinese Super League. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association ...
club Foshan Nanshi.


International career

Fortes appeared with the Portugal under-20 team in the
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. On 25 March 2024, the 29-year-old was called up to the Cape Verde senior side to replace the injured
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in their
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squad. He won his first
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the following day, starting the 1–0 win over
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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 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen 21st-century Cape Verdean sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Cape Verdean men's 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 1. Lig players Şanlıurfaspor footballers Liga I players CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players CS Universitatea Craiova players Botola players IR Tanger players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Arema F.C. players PSIS Semarang players UAE First Division League players Al Dhafra FC players China League One players Portugal men's youth international footballers Cape Verde men's international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in China 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 Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in China