Fábio Fortes
Portuguese footballer
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Fábio Fortes Moreira (born 8 March 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato de Portugal club Leça.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fábio Fortes Moreira[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1992[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leça | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2006 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2006–2011 | Real Massamá | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Real Massamá | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Vitória Guimarães B | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Trofense (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Mirandela (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Mirandela | 26 | (7) |
| 2014–2015 | Santa Maria | 19 | (3) |
| 2015 | Lusitano Vildemoinhos | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Benfica Castelo Branco | 31 | (11) |
| 2016–2018 | Penafiel | 74 | (19) |
| 2018–2020 | Arouca | 55 | (25) |
| 2020 | Hermannstadt | 12 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Académica | 10 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Penafiel | 22 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | Lusitânia | 32 | (10) |
| 2024 | Jiangxi Lushan | 11 | (1) |
| 2025 | Paredes | 14 | (1) |
| 2025 | Anadia | 8 | (1) |
| 2025– | Leça | 9 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:06, 11 August 2026 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Born in Lisbon, Fortes joined Sporting CP's academy at the age of 10. He finished his development at Real Massamá also in the capital's metropolitan area.[2]
Fortes signed for Vitória de Guimarães in June 2011.[2] He never represented the club officially, being loaned to Trofense[3] and Mirandela[4] and making his professional debut in the Segunda Liga with the former side.[5]
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 Penafiel.[6] He scored eleven goals in his first season to help his team to the fifth place, adding eight in the second.[7]
Fortes and Arouca[7] were relegated to division three at the end of 2018–19.[8] On 8 March 2020, he scored four times in a 9–0 home rout of Ginásio Figueirense; the campaign, shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ended in immediate promotion.[9]
On 17 August 2020, Fortes joined Hermannstadt of the Romanian Liga I.[10] He played his first match in top-flight football one week later in a 1–1 away draw against Dinamo București,[11] scoring his first goal in his next appearance as the hosts drew 2–2 with Academica Clinceni.[12]
Fortes returned to Portugal in summer 2021, agreeing to a one-year deal with Académica de Coimbra.[13] On 27 June 2022, he rejoined Penafiel also in the second tier on a similar contract.[14]
In the following seasons, save for a brief spell in the China League One, Fortes competed in the Portuguese lower leagues.[15][16]
