Fortaleza Esporte Clube

Fortaleza

Full name	Fortaleza Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)	Leão (The Lion) Tricolor Tricolor de Aço (Steel Tricolor)
Founded	1918
Stadium	Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil (Capacity: 60,326)
Chairman	Renan Vieira
Manager	Marcinho
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
2011	Série C, 13th
Home colors Away colors

Fortaleza Esporte Clube, usually known as Fortaleza, is primarily a football club, but is active in other sports such as futsal, handball and basketball. Fortaleza Esporte Clube is based in Fortaleza, capital of the State of Ceará, Brazil. The club was founded on October 18, 1918, emerged from an earlier club called Stella, under the name Fortaleza Sporting Club.

Fortaleza is one of the most traditional clubs in the Northeastern region of Brazil alongside Bahia, Vitória, Santa Cruz, Sport, Náutico and Ceará.

Biggest rivals are from the same city: Ceará and Ferroviário.

Club colors are red, blue and white.

Current sponsors

Lotto, Fiat and Prefeitura Municipal de Fortaleza.

Statistics

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
  • Player with most goals scored: Rinaldo (27 goals), in 2005 and 2006
  • Player with most goals scored in a single tournament: Rinaldo (16 goals), in 2005

• All divisions taken in consideration
  • Player with most goals scored: Rinaldo (43 goals); in 2004 (14), 2005 (16), 2006 (11) and 2008 (2)

• Topscorers in national competitions (cups and leagues)
  • Bececê (7 goals), Taça Brasil 1960
  • Rinaldo (14 goals), Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2004

• Best Série A right-back (Bola de Prata award): Louro, in 1974

Stadium

Main site is Alcides Santos Stadium, with capacity for 4,000 people, but the team also plays in Castelão, which is up about 60 326 supporters and Estádio Presidente Vargas, which had a 22 500 capacity, and is now undergoing refurbishment.

Past presidents

• Alcides Santos
• João Gentil
• João César
• Ney Rebouças
• Aírton França Rebouças
• Péricles Mulatinho
• José Nestor Falcão
• Osvaldo Azim
• Ezequiel Menezes
• Jorge Mota (1999-03)
• Clayton Alcântara Veras (2004)
• Ribamar Bezerra (2005–06)
• Marcello Desidério (2007–08)
• Lúcio Bonfim (2008–09)
• Renan Vieira (2010)
• Paulo Arthur Magalhães (2011)
• Osmar Baquit (actual)

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Fábio Lima GK Marcelo Bonan DF Gilmak DF Dezinho DF Márcio Gabriel DF Rodrigo Antônio DF Roniery DF Roni Souza MF Escobar MF Ronaldão MF Gustavo MF Régis MF Magal MF Marcos Paulo MF Pereira

No. Position Player MF Isael (on loan from Grêmio) MF William Fabro MF Rogério MF Leandro Pereira MF Russo MF Marcos Goiano FW Vinícius FW Léo Andrade FW Gustavo Papa FW Rodrigo Dantas FW Carlinhos Bala FW Vavá FW Patrick FW Zé Augusto

Technical staff

• Marcinho – Head Coach
• Cleisson – Assistant Coach
• Salvino Damião – Goalkeeping Coach
• Roger Gouveia – Fitness Coach
• Paulo Andrade, Albino Luciano – Physiotherapists
• Glay Maranhão, Henrique Bastos, Glay Maranhão – Club Doctors
• Manoel Almeida – Masseur

Noted players

Adílton Amilton Melo Bececê Beijoca Bosco Celso Gavião Chinesinho Clodoaldo Croinha

Cícero Capacete Daniel Frasson Dude Eliézer Erandir Frank França Geraldino Saravá Juracy

Louro Luisinho das Arábias Lulinha Lúcio Mirandinha Mozart Gomes Moésio Gomes Pedro Basílio Rinaldo

Ronaldo Angelim Sandro Preigschadt Sapenha Sílvio Tangerina Zé Raimundo André Neles (2005–08)

Achievements

League Cup Ceará 2010

• Campeonato Cearense: 39

1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

• North-Northeast Tournament: 1

1970

• Northeastern Championship: 2

1960, 1968

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 0

Runners Up: 2002, 2004

External links

• Official Website
• Fan Online Community
• Site with News related to Fortaleza Esporte Clube