Carlos Fortes (footballer, born 1994)

Carlos Manuel dos Santos Fortes (born 9 November 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Indonesian club Arema F.C. as a forward.

For the Dutch footballer, see Carlos Fortes.
Carlos Fortes
Personal information
Full name Carlos Manuel dos Santos Fortes[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-09) 9 November 1994[1]
Place of birth Charneca, Portugal[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Arema
Number 9
Youth career
2005–2008 Sacavenense
2008–2011 Alta de Lisboa
2011−2012 CAC Pontinha
2012−2013 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013−2014 Racing Santander B 23 (10)
2014−2016 Braga B 61 (14)
2016−2017 Braga 1 (0)
2016−2017 → Şanlıurfaspor (loan) 8 (1)
2017 → Vizela (loan) 12 (4)
2017−2018 Vizela 26 (10)
2018−2019 Gaz Metan Mediaș 19 (5)
2019−2020 Universitatea Craiova 19 (1)
2020 → Ittihad (loan) 7 (0)
2020−2021 Vilafranquense 25 (2)
2021− Arema 16 (10)
National team
2014 Portugal U20 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 December 2021

Club career

Born in Charneca (Lisbon), Fortes started his senior career with Racing de Santander's reserves in the Spanish Tercera División.[2][3] He then returned to Portugal after signing with S.C. Braga,[4] being assigned to their B team and spending two full seasons in the Segunda Liga with them, scoring 11 goals in 2015–16.[5]

Fortes played his only competitive match with the first team on 13 March 2016, featuring 90 minutes in the 3–0 away loss against C.F. Os Belenenses for the Primeira Liga.[6] He split the 2016–17 campaign on loan, with Şanlıurfaspor (Turkish TFF First League)[5] and F.C. Vizela (Portuguese second division);[7] a permanent move was later agreed with the latter club.[8]

In the following years, Fortes plied his trade in Romania, appearing for CS Gaz Metan Mediaș[9] and CS Universitatea Craiova.[10] He scored his first goal in the Liga I and top-flight football on 23 July 2018, helping hosts Gaz Metan defeat CS Concordia Chiajna 2−1.[11]

Fortes returned to Portugal and its second tier on 10 July 2020, joining U.D. Vilafranquense on a two-year contract.[12] On 12 July 2021, however, he went back abroad and agreed to a one-year deal at Arema F.C. in the Liga 1 (Indonesia).[13] He made his league debut on 5 September, starting in a 1–1 draw against PSM Makassar.[14] He scored his first goal later that month, the game's only at Persipura Jayapura.[15]

International career

Fortes appeared with the Portuguese under-20 team in the 2014 Toulon Tournament.[16][17]

Personal life

Fortes' older brother, Fábio, was also a footballer and a forward.[4]

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Carlos Fortes" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. "Fortes finaliza su concentración con la selección SUB 20 de Portugal" [Fortes ends training camp with Portugal UNDER 20 national team] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. Gouveia, Ricardo (20 February 2020). "De Craiova para Tânger a pensar em Portugal" [From Craiova to Tanger thinking about Portugal] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. Pereira, Sérgio (25 June 2014). "Sp. Braga: Carlos Fortes é reforço por três épocas" [Sp. Braga: Carlos Fortes is an addition for three seasons] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. "Oficial: Sp. Braga empresta Carlos Fortes ao Sanliurfaspor" [Official: Sp. Braga loan Carlos Fortes to Sanliurfaspor] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  6. Marques, David (13 March 2016). "Belenenses-Sp. Braga, 3–0 (crónica)" [Belenenses-Sp. Braga, 3–0 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  7. "Braga contrata ao Trofense e empresta ao Vizela" [Braga sign from Trofense and loan to Vizela]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  8. "Carlos Fortes garantido no ataque" [Carlos Fortes confirmed in offence] (in Portuguese). F.C. Vizela. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  9. "Legiunea străină | Patru jucători au fost prezentaţi oficial la Gaz Metan Mediaş" [Foreign legion | Four players were officially presented at Gaz Metan Mediaş] (in Romanian). Telekom TV. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  10. ""Nu sunt de nivelul lui Mitriță! Craiova a slăbit!". Oltenii nu impresionează după transferurile lui Cristea și Fortes" ["Not Mitriță-like material! Craiova got weaker!". Oltenians do not impress following transfers of Cristea and Fortes] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  11. "A debutat în Liga I și a înscris golul etapei. Cine este Carlos Fortes, eroul de la Gaz Metan" [He made his debut in Liga I and scored the goal of the week. Who is Carlos Fortes, the hero of Gaz Metan] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  12. "BEM-VINDO, CARLOS FORTES!" [WELCOME, CARLOS FORTES!] (in Portuguese). U.D. Vilafranquense. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  13. Aminudin, Muhammad (12 July 2021). "Arema FC kontrak striker Portugal Carlos Fortes" [Arema FC sign Portuguese striker Carlos Fortes] (in Indonesian). detik.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  14. "Hasil Liga 1: PSM Ditahan Imbang 10 Pemain Arema" [Liga 1 results: PSM held to a draw against 10 Arema players] (in Indonesian). CNN Indonesia. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  15. Setiawan, Arif (29 September 2021). "Kalahkan Persipura, Arema FC Raih Kemenangan Perdana Berkat Gol Debut Carlos Fortes" [Defeating Persipura, Arema FC win first thanks to Carlos Fortes' debut goal]. Bola (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  16. "Torneio de Toulon: Portugal-México, 2–0" [Toulon Tournament: Portugal-Mexico, 2–0]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  17. "Torneio de Toulon: Portugal-Chile, 3–1" [Toulon Tournament: Portugal-Chile, 3–1]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  18. "Taisei Marukawa Jadi Pemain Terbaik Oktober 2021" [Taisei Marukawa voted Player of the Month for October] (in Indonesian). Liga 1. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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