Núrio Fortuna

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	79	(4)
International career^‡
2019–	Angola	22	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:36, 16 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:36, 16 October 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. 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

• Belgian Cup: 2021–22^[14]

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.
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.

External links

• Núrio Fortuna at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Núrio Fortuna at National-Football-Teams.com