Rui Fonte
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rui Pedro da Rocha Fonte | ||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Penafiel, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Espanyol | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2006 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2006–2008 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008–2009 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Sporting CP | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Espanyol B (loan) | 22 | (8) |
| 2010–2011 | → Espanyol (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2011– | Espanyol | 10 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Portugal U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Portugal U19 | 12 | (8) |
| 2008 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (1) |
| 2008– | Portugal U21 | 17 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2012. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Rui Pedro da Rocha Fonte (born 23 April 1990) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol in Spain, as a winger or forward.
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[edit] Club career
Fonte was born in Penafiel, and started his career at Sporting Clube de Portugal, joining the club's youth system at only 7. In 2006, he signed a three-year contract with Arsenal, with a clause stating he was to return to his previous club if the English side did not extend the contract beyond the original period.
A regular member of Arsenal's reserve team, Fonte made his debut for the first team in a friendly against Barnet in the 2008 pre-season.[1] He made his competitive debut for the Gunners as a substitute for Carlos Vela in a League Cup match against Wigan Athletic on 11 November 2008, a 3–0 home win.[2]
On 30 January 2009, Fonte signed for Football League Championship side Crystal Palace on a one-month loan, with his older brother José playing a big role in persuading club and player of each other's merits.[3] He made his club debut in a 0–1 home defeat against Blackpool on the following day,[4] and his loan was subsequently extended until the end of the season.[5] Crystal Palace were docked a point and fined £20,000 for fielding Fonte in their final game, despite his loan having expired.[6]
On 19 May 2009, it was announced that Arsenal had not decided to extend Fonte's three-year contract, and the player returned to Sporting.[7] He spent the 2009–10 season on loan to Vitória de Setúbal, making his top division debut on 17 August, playing one minute in a 0–0 home draw against Vitória de Guimarães, and appearing sparingly during the campaign as the Sadinos barely escaped relegation.
Fonte played 2010–11 on loan to RCD Espanyol, in Spain. He spent the vast majority of his spell with the reserves, his first La Liga appearances consisting of one minute in a 1–0 home win against Sporting de Gijón, on 5 December 2010,[8] and ten in a 0–1 home loss against Real Madrid, two months later.[9]
On 14 July 2011, Fonte signed permanently for Espanyol, for two years.[10] On 17 January of the following year, he scored his first official goal for the Pericos, in a 3–2 home win against CD Mirandés for the season's Copa del Rey -[11] he also netted in the second leg, albeit in a 1–2 and 4–4 aggregate loss;[12] in between, he scored his first goal in the league, closing the scoresheet in a 3–0 home success over Granada CF.[13]
[edit] International career
Fonte made his debut for the Portuguese under-21s against Spain on 18 November 2008, scoring the first goal in a 4–1 victory.[14]
[edit] Club statistics
- (correct as of 28 September 2009)
| Club | Season | League | Cup[15] | Europe | Play-Offs | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Arsenal | 2008–09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2008–2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Crystal Palace | 2008–09 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2009 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Setúbal | 2009–10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2009–present | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Career totals | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
[edit] Personal
Fonte's older brother, José, is also a footballer. A defender, he played most of his professional career in England, and the two shared teams at Sporting (youth) and Crystal Palace.
[edit] References
- ^ "Barnet 1-2 Arsenal". Arsenal F.C.. 19 July 2008. http://www.arsenal.com/match-menu/2998922/first-team/barnet-v-arsenal?tab=report. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ Harris, Chris (11 November 2008). "Arsenal 3–0 Wigan Athletic". Arsenal F.C.. http://www.arsenal.com/match-menu/3072311/first-team/arsenal-v-wigan-athletic?tab=report.
- ^ "Palace sign Arsenal striker Fonte". BBC Sport. 30 January 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/7861771.stm. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ "Crystal Palace 0–1 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 31 January 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7856654.stm. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ "Crystal Palace extend Fonte loan". BBC Sport. 6 March 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/7929365.stm. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
- ^ "Crystal Palace get point penalty and fine for fielding Arsenal's Rui Fonte". Daily Mail. 2 June 2009. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1190207/Crystal-Palace-point-penalty-fine-fielding-Arsenals-Rui-Fonte.html. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ^ "Rui Fonte returns to Sporting". PortuGOAL. 19 May 2009. http://www.portugoal.net/index.php/more-sporting-news/1564-rui-fonte-returns-to-sporting.
- ^ "Garcia rescues Espanyol". ESPN Soccernet. 5 December 2010. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/301850?cc=5739. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ "Ten-man Real grind out win". ESPN Soccernet. 13 February 2011. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/301979?cc=5739. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ "Firma por dos años [Signs for two years]" (in Spanish). Fichajes.net. 14 July 2011. http://www.fichajes.net/noticias/firma-por-dos-a%C3%B1os-20110714.html. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ "Asalto frustrado a Cornellá [Frustrated assault on Cornellá]" (in Spanish). Marca. 17 January 2012. http://www.marca.com/marcador/futbol/2011_12/copa/cuartos/ida/esp_mir/. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ "El milagro de Anduva [Miracle in Anduva]" (in Spanish). Marca. 24 January 2012. http://www.marca.com/marcador/futbol/2011_12/copa/cuartos/vuelta/mir_esp/. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Baena sets Espanyol on their way". ESPN Soccernet. 21 January 2012. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/325241?cc=5739. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ Portugal plunder Iberian bragging rights; UEFA.com, 18 November 2008
- ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield
[edit] External links
- Espanyol official profile
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Stats at ForaDeJogo
- Rui Fonte career stats at Soccerbase
- Crystal Palace official profile
- BDFutbol profile
- Transfermarkt profile
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Penafiel Municipality
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football wingers
- Association football forwards
- Primeira Liga players
- Sporting Clube de Portugal footballers
- Vitória F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- La Liga footballers
- RCD Espanyol B footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
