Núrio Fortuna

Núrio Domingos Matias Fortuna (born 24 March 1995) is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Super League Greece club Volos, on loan from Gent, and the Angola national team.

Núrio Fortuna

Personal information
Full name	Núrio Domingos Matias Fortuna[1]
Date of birth	(1995-03-24) 24 March 1995 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola[1]
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Volos (on loan from Gent)
Number	25
Youth career
2005–2007	Núcleo Sintra
2008	Benfica
2008–2011	Real Massamá
2011–2012	Sporting CP
2012–2014	Braga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Braga B	86	(1)
2014–2017	Braga	7	(0)
2016–2017	→ AEL Limassol (loan)	33	(0)
2017–2020	Charleroi	67	(1)
2020–	Gent	79	(4)
2025	→ Dunkerque (loan)	5	(0)
2025–	→ Volos (loan)	0	(0)
International career‡
2019–	Angola	23	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:06, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Club career

Braga

Fortuna was born in Luanda. Having played for five Portuguese clubs as a youth, he finished his development at S.C. Braga.^[2]

Fortuna spent three full seasons in the Segunda Liga with the reserve team. He made his debut in the competition on 21 August 2013, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 home win against C.F. União.^[3]

In one week in February 2014, Fortuna played his first match with the main squad in three different competitions. He started in the Taça de Portugal against C.D. Aves (3–1 win, after extra time),^[4] doing the same in the 4–1 Primeira Liga victory over Gil Vicente F.C.^[5] and the 2–1 away loss to Rio Ave F.C. in the semi-finals of the Taça da Liga.^[6]

On 14 June 2016, Fortuna was loaned to AEL Limassol of the Cypriot First Division.^[7]

Belgium

In the summer of 2017, Fortuna signed a three-year contract with Royal Charleroi S.C. with a two-year option.^[8] He scored his first goal in the Belgian Pro League on 4 May 2019, in the 2–0 home defeat of Sint-Truidense VV.^[9]

Fortuna joined K.A.A. Gent of the same country and league on 25 June 2020, for a fee of €6 million.^[10] He contributed four appearances in the 2021–22 edition of the Belgian Cup; this included an injury-time one in the penalty shoot-out win over R.S.C. Anderlecht in the final.^[11]

On 3 February 2025, Fortuna was loaned to USL Dunkerque of French Ligue 2 until the end of the season.^[12]

International career

In September 2015, shortly after having received his Portuguese passport, Fortuna was called by Portugal under-21 manager Rui Jorge for a 2017 UEFA European Championship qualifier against Albania.^[2] He never played any matches for the country at that or any other level, however.

Fortuna won his first cap for Angola on 6 September 2019, featuring the entire 1−0 away win over Gambia for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage.^[13]

Career statistics

As of 23 May 2025^[14][15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		League Cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Braga	2013–14	Primeira Liga	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	—		8	0
	2014–15		1	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	—		9	0
Braga B	2013–14	Liga Portugal 2	19	0	—		—		—		—		19	0
	2014–15		32	0	—		—		—		—		32	0
	2015–16		35	1	—		—		—		—		35	1
	Total		86	1	—		—		—		—		86	1
AEL Limassol (loan)	2016–17	Cypriot First Division	33	0	—		—		—		—		33	0
Charleroi	2017–18	Belgian Pro League	18	0	1	0	—		—		8[c]	0	27	0
	2018–19		21	0	1	0	—		—		10[c]	1	32	1
	2019–20		28	1	3	0	—		—		—		31	1
	Total		67	1	5	0	—		—		18	1	90	2
Gent	2020–21	Belgian Pro League	25	1	2	0	—		8[d]	1	1[c]	0	36	2
	2021–22		27	2	4	0	—		10[e]	0	5[c]	0	46	2
	2022–23		15	1	1	0	—		11[f]	0	2[g]	0	29	1
	2023–24		10	0	2	0	—		6[h]	0	5[i]	0	23	0
	2024–25		2	0	0	0	—		4[j]	0	0	0	6	0
	Total		79	4	9	0	—		39	1	13	0	140	5
Dunkerque (loan)	2024–25	Ligue 2	5	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	5	0
Career total			277	6	15	0	1	0	39	1	31	1	363	8

1. Includes Taça de Portugal, Belgian Cup
2. Includes Taça da Liga
3. Appearances in Belgian Pro League play-offs
4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearances in UEFA Conference League
6. One appearance in UEFA Europa League, ten appearances in UEFA Conference League
7. One appearance in play-off, one appearance in Belgian Super Cup
8. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
9. Four appearances in the Belgian Pro League Europe play-offs and one appearance in the European competition play-offs
10. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Gent

• Belgian Cup: 2021–22^[11]