Rúben Fonseca

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Rúben Fonseca
Personal information
Full name Rúben Miguel Valente Fonseca[1]
Date of birth (2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 24)[1]
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 27 (1)
International career
2019 Portugal U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 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[edit]

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[edit]

Tondela

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Rúben Fonseca" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Tondela empresta Rúben Fonseca ao Salgueiros" [Tondela loan Rúben Fonseca to Salgueiros] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Tondela empresta Rúben Fonseca ao Salgueiros" [Tondela loan Rúben Fonseca to Salgueiros] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.

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