Fábio Fortes Moreira (born 8 March 1992) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a forward for U.S.C. Paredes.

Club career

Born in

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, Fortes joined

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's academy at the age of 10. He finished his development at Real Massamá also in the capital's metropolitan area. Fortes signed for Vitória de Guimarães in June 2011. He never represented the club officially, being loaned to Trofense and

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and making his professional debut in the Segunda Liga with the former side. After further third-division spells with Santa Maria, Lusitano de Vildemoinhos and Benfica e Castelo Branco, Fortes returned to the second tier in June 2016, on a two-year contract at

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. He scored eleven goals in his first season to help his team to the fifth place, adding eight in the second. Fortes and Arouca were relegated to division three at the end of 2018–19. On 8 March 2020, he scored four times in a 9–0 home rout of Ginásio Figueirense; the campaign, shortened due to the

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, ended in immediate promotion. On 17 August 2020, Fortes joined Hermannstadt of the Romanian

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. He played his first match in top-flight football one week later in a 1–1 away draw against Dinamo București, scoring his first goal in his next appearance as the hosts drew 2–2 with

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. Fortes returned to Portugal in summer 2021, agreeing to a one-year deal with Académica de Coimbra. On 27 June 2022, he rejoined Penafiel also in the second tier on a similar contract.

Personal life

Fortes' younger brother, Carlos, was also a footballer and a forward.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortes, Fabio 1992 births Living people Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Black Portuguese sportspeople 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football forwards Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Liga 3 (Portugal) players Real S.C. players Vitória S.C. B players C.D. Trofense players SC Mirandela players Santa Maria F.C. players Lusitano FCV players Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco players F.C. Penafiel players F.C. Arouca players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Lusitânia F.C. players U.S.C. Paredes players Liga I players FC Hermannstadt players China League One players Jiangxi Lushan F.C. players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in China Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in China