Rúben Fonseca
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rúben Miguel Valente Fonseca[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 24 February 2000||
Place of birth | Sanfins, Portugal[1] | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hermannstadt | ||
Number | 99 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2011 | Sanfins | ||
2011–2012 | Feirense | ||
2012–2016 | Benfica | ||
2016–2018 | Feirense | ||
2018–2019 | Tondela | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2023 | Tondela | 46 | (3) |
2021 | → Salgueiros (loan) | 12 | (2) |
2022 | → Braga B (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2023– | Hermannstadt | 28 | (1) |
International career | |||
2019 | Portugal U19 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2024 |
Rúben Miguel Valente Fonseca (born 24 February 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Romanian Liga I club Hermannstadt.
Club career
Born in Sanfins (Santa Maria da Feira), Fonseca played youth football for three clubs, including S.L. Benfica from ages 12 to 16.[2] On 23 May 2019, after leading all scorers in the junior championship with 20 goals,[3] the 19-year-old signed his first professional contract with C.D. Tondela.[4]
Fonseca made his competitive debut with the first team on 3 August 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 away loss against F.C. Penafiel in the second round of the Taça da Liga.[5] He first appeared in the Primeira Liga the following 5 January, featuring 17 minutes in the 1–1 home draw with Gil Vicente FC.[6]
On 5 January 2021, Fonseca was loaned to third division club S.C. Salgueiros until the end of the season.[7] One year later, also on loan, he joined S.C. Braga B of the same league.[8]
Fonseca scored his first second-tier goal on 19 August 2022, closing the 1–1 home draw with S.C. Covilhã.[9] In July 2023, FC Hermannstadt of the Romanian Liga I announced the signing of the player as a free agent.[10]
Honours
Tondela
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira runner-up: 2022[11]
References
- ^ a b c d "Rúben Fonseca" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ Tavares, Ruben (8 June 2020). "Ruben Fonseca e a titularidade no Estádio da Luz: «Foi um sonho para mim»" [Ruben Fonseca and starting at the Estádio da Luz: "It was a dream for me"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Tondela empresta Rúben Fonseca ao Salgueiros" [Tondela loan Rúben Fonseca to Salgueiros] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Tondela renova com Jaquité e assina primeiro contrato com Rúben Fonseca" [Tondela renew with Jaquité and sign first contract with Rúben Fonseca]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Penafiel-Tondela, 1–0: Golo de Pires vale apuramento para a fase de grupos" [Penafiel-Tondela, 1–0: Pires goal gives qualification for group stage]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 August 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Tondela e Gil Vicente empatam a um golo na I Liga" [Tondela and Gil Vicente draw one-all in I League] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Tondela empresta Rúben Fonseca ao Salgueiros" [Tondela loan Rúben Fonseca to Salgueiros] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ Andrade, Tomaz (31 January 2022). "Rúben Fonseca chega do Tondela para o Braga" [Rúben Fonseca arrives from Tondela to Braga]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Sp. Covilhã empata 1–1 com o Tondela" [Sp. Covilhã draw 1–1 with Tondela]. O Interior (in Portuguese). 19 August 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Rúben Fonseca no futebol romeno depois de deixar o Tondela" [Rúben Fonseca in Romanian football after leaving Tondela]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 10 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Tondela derrotado pelo FC Porto na final da Supertaça" [Tondela defeated by FC Porto in Supercup final] (in Portuguese). Estação Diária. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
External links
- Rúben Fonseca at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Rúben Fonseca national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Rúben Fonseca at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Footballers from Santa Maria da Feira
- Men's association football forwards
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- C.D. Tondela players
- S.C. Salgueiros players
- S.C. Braga B players
- Liga I players
- FC Hermannstadt players
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania