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Núrio Fortuna
Personal information
Full name Núrio Domingos Matias Fortuna [1]
Date of birth (1995-03-24) 24 March 1995 (age 29) [1]
Place of birth Luanda, Angola [1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Gent
Number 25
Youth career
2005–2007 Núcleo Sintra
2008 Benfica
2008–2011 Real Massamá
2011–2012 Sporting CP
2012–2014 Braga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
2013–2016 Braga B 86 (1)
2014–2017 Braga 7 (0)
2016–2017 → AEL Limassol (loan) 33 (0)
2017–2020 Charleroi 67 (1)
2020– Gent 77 (4)
International career‡
2019– Angola 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:17, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:17, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Núrio Domingos Matias Fortuna (born 24 March 1995) is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Belgian Pro League club K.A.A. Gent and the Angola national team.

Club career

Braga

Fortuna was born in Luanda. Having played for five Portuguese clubs as a youth, he finished his development at S.C. Braga. [2]

Fortuna spent three full seasons in the Segunda Liga with the reserve team. He made his debut in the competition on 21 August 2013, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 home win against C.F. União. [3]

In one week in February 2014, Fortuna played his first match with the main squad in three different competitions. He started in the Taça de Portugal against C.D. Aves ( 3–1 win, after extra time), [4] doing the same in the 4–1 Primeira Liga victory over Gil Vicente F.C. [5] and the 2–1 away loss to Rio Ave F.C. in the semi-finals of the Taça da Liga. [6]

On 14 June 2016, Fortuna was loaned to AEL Limassol of the Cypriot First Division. [7]

Belgium

In the summer of 2017, Fortuna signed a three-year contract with Royal Charleroi S.C. with a two-year option. [8] He scored his first goal in the Belgian Pro League on 4 May 2019, in the 2–0 home defeat of Sint-Truidense VV. [9]

Fortuna joined K.A.A. Gent of the same country and league on 25 June 2020, for a fee of €6 million. [10]

International career

In September 2015, shortly after having received his Portuguese passport, Fortuna was called by Portugal under-21 manager Rui Jorge for a 2017 UEFA European Championship qualifier against Albania. [2] He never played any matches for the country at that or any other level, however.

Fortuna won his first cap for Angola on 6 September 2019, featuring the entire 1−0 away win over Gambia for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage. [11]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 December 2023 [12] [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup [a] League Cup [b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Braga 2013–14 Primeira Liga 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 — 8 0
2014–15 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 — 9 0
Braga B 2013–14 Liga Portugal 2 19 0 — — — — 19 0
2014–15 32 0 — — — — 32 0
2015–16 35 1 — — — — 35 1
Total 86 1 — — — — 86 1
AEL Limassol (loan) 2016–17 Cypriot First Division 33 0 — — — — 33 0
Charleroi 2017–18 Belgian Pro League 18 0 1 0 — — 8 [c] 0 27 0
2018–19 21 0 1 0 — — 10 [c] 1 32 1
2019–20 28 1 3 0 — — — 31 1
Total 67 1 5 0 — — 18 1 90 2
Gent 2020–21 Belgian Pro League 25 1 2 0 — 8 [d] 1 1 [c] 0 36 2
2021–22 27 2 4 0 — 10 [e] 0 5 [c] 0 46 2
2022–23 15 1 1 0 — 11 [f] 0 2 [g] 0 29 1
2023–24 6 0 2 0 — 5 [h] 0 — 13 0
Total 73 4 9 0 — 34 1 8 0 124 5
Career total 266 6 15 0 1 0 34 1 26 1 342 8
  1. ^ Includes Taça de Portugal, Belgian Cup
  2. ^ Includes Taça da Liga
  3. ^ a b c d Appearances in play-off
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  6. ^ One appearance in UEFA Europa League, ten appearances in UEFA Conference League
  7. ^ One appearance in play-off, one appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  8. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Gent

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Núrio Fortuna" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Nurio Fortuna: "Chamada à seleção foi um sonho realizado"" [Nurio Fortuna: "Call-up to the national team was a dream come true"] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Sp. Braga B-U. Madeira, 2–0: Patrão "fechou" o jogo" [Sp. Braga B-U. Madeira, 2–0: Patrão "closed" the game]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 August 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Sp. Braga-Aves, 3–1: Rusescu desatou nó apertado por Paixão" [Sp. Braga-Aves, 3–1: Rusescu untied knot tied by Paixão]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 February 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Sp. Braga-Gil Vicente, 4–1: Música é logo outra com Rafa em ação" [Sp. Braga-Gil Vicente, 4–1: Different kind of tune with Rafa in action]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 February 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Rio Ave-Sp. Braga, 2–1: No batatal dos Arcos até nasceu um nabo" [Rio Ave-Sp. Braga, 2–1: In the Arcos potato field even a turnip (translation of "nabo", insult directed at referee by journalist) was born]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 February 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  7. ^ "OFICIAL: Sp. Braga empresta Núrio ao AEL Limassol" [OFFICIAL: Sp. Braga loan Núrio to AEL Limassol] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  8. ^ Van Snick, Glenn (23 June 2017). "Charleroi versterkt zich met linksachter Núrio Fortuna" [Charleroi strengthen with left-back Núrio Fortuna]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  9. ^ Wens, Nils (4 May 2019). "Charleroi wint van Sint-Truiden en komt daardoor aan de leiding in Groep A" [Charleroi beat Sint-Truiden and are therefore Group A leaders]. Voetbalkrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  10. ^ Djellit, Nabil (24 June 2020). "Mercato: Nurio Fortuna, talentueux latéral gauche de Charleroi, va rejoindre La Gantoise" [Market: Nurio Fortuna, talented Charleroi left-back, will join La Gantoise] (in French). France Football. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Futebol: Angola vence Gâmbia" [Football: Angola beat Gambia] (in Portuguese). Angola Press News Agency. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  12. ^ Núrio Fortuna at Soccerway
  13. ^ Núrio Fortuna at WorldFootball.net
  14. ^ Walckiers, Johan (18 April 2022). "Slecht voetbal, spanning ten top, maar Gent pakt de Beker en Europees voetbal na strafschoppenserie" [Poor football, insurmountable tension, but Gent take Cup and European football on penalty shootout]. Voetbalkrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 September 2023.

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