Núrio Fortuna
Angolan footballer (born 1995)
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Núrio Domingos Matias Fortuna (born 24 March 1995) is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Super League Greece club Volos, on loan from Gent, and the Angola national team.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Núrio Domingos Matias Fortuna[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 1995[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Luanda, Angola[1] | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Volos (on loan from 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 | 79 | (4) |
| 2025 | → Dunkerque (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Volos (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Angola | 28 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:05, 24 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:10, 29 December 2025 (UTC) | |||
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] He contributed four appearances in the 2021–22 edition of the Belgian Cup; this included an injury-time one in the penalty shoot-out win over R.S.C. Anderlecht in the final.[11]
On 3 February 2025, Fortuna was loaned to USL Dunkerque of French Ligue 2 until the end of the season.[12]
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.[13] He scored his first goal on 10 January 2024, closing the 3−0 friendly victory against Bahrain in Dubai.[14]
Fortuna was included in the squads for the 2023[15] and 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.[16]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| 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 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6[e] | 0 | 5[h] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 79 | 4 | 9 | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 140 | 5 | |||
| Dunkerque (loan) | 2024–25 | Ligue 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 277 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 363 | 8 | ||
- Includes Taça de Portugal, Belgian Cup
- Includes Taça da Liga
- Appearances in Belgian Pro League play-offs
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- One appearance in UEFA Europa League, ten appearances in UEFA Conference League
- One appearance in Belgian Pro League play-offs, one appearance in Belgian Super Cup
- Four appearances in Belgian Pro League Europe play-offs, one appearance in European competition play-offs
Honours
Gent
