Steven Fortès

Steven Fortès (born 17 April 1992) is a professional footballer who last played as a centre-back for Lens. Born in France, he represents Cape Verde at international level.

Steven Fortès
Fortes warming up with Lens in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 SCO La Cayolle
2012–2013 Arles-Avignon B
2013–2014 Arles-Avignon 26 (0)
2014–2017 Le Havre 86 (2)
2017–2019 Toulouse 5 (0)
2019 → Lens (loan) 18 (0)
2019–2023 Lens 35 (0)
2022 Lens B 2 (0)
2021–2022 → Oostende (loan) 17 (0)
International career‡
2015– Cape Verde 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:30, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:16, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Marseille, Fortès played club football in France for SCO La Cayolle, Arles-Avignon B, Arles-Avignon and Le Havre.[1][2]

Fortes in 2015.

During the 2016–17 season he made 27 appearances for Le Havre, 25 in Ligue 2 and 2 in the Coupe de la Ligue.[3]

In June 2017, Fortès joined Toulouse on a free transfer signing a four-year contract.[3]

He was loaned to Lens in January 2019 until the end of the season.[4] On 21 June 2019, the deal was made permanent with Fortes agreeing to a three-year contract.[5] In August 2021 he moved on loan to Oostende.[6] In summer 2022, after his return from loan, Fortès was linked with a move away from Lens.[7]

International career

Fortès made his senior international debut for Cape Verde in 2015.[1] He was named in the squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.[8]

References
  1. "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  2. Steven Fortès at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  3. "Steven Fortes (Le Havre) arrive à Toulouse pour quatre ans". L'Équipe (in French). 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  4. "OFFICIALISATION POUR STEVEN FORTES". RC Lens. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  5. "STEVEN FORTES 100% LENSOIS !". RC Lens. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  6. "STEVEN FORTES IS DE VERVANGER VAN HENDRY". KV Oostende. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  7. Arrestier, Sandrine (18 July 2022). "RC Lens : des pistes pour réduire l'effectif". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  8. "Cape Verde include veteran quartet for AFCON". ESPN. 23 December 2021.


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