Núrio Fortuna

Núrio Domingos Matias Fortuna (born 24 March 1995) is an Angolan professional footballer who plays for Belgian club K.A.A. Gent as a left back.

Núrio Fortuna
Personal information
Full name Núrio Domingos Matias Fortuna[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-24) 24 March 1995[1]
Place of birth Luanda, Angola[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Club 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 87 (1)
2014–2017 Braga 7 (0)
2016–2017 → AEL Limassol (loan) 33 (0)
2017–2020 Charleroi 68 (1)
2020– Gent 6 (0)
National team‡
2019– Angola 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2020

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 1–2 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 R. Charleroi S.C. with a two-year option.[8] He scored his first goal in the Belgian First Division A 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 Portuguese 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]

References
  1. "Núrio Fortuna" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. "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.
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