Odaïr Fortes

Odaïr Fortes
	Fortes with Reims in February 2016
Personal information
Full name	Odaïr Júnior Lopes Fortes
Date of birth	31 March 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Praia, Cape Verde
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Reims Sainte-Anne
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2008	UJA Alfortville
2008–2017	Reims
2017–2018	NorthEast United
2019–	Reims Sainte-Anne
International career‡
2010–	Cape Verde
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:16, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Lopes and the second or paternal family name is Fortes.

Odaïr Júnior Lopes Fortes (born 31 March 1987) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Régional 1 club Reims Saint-Anne and the Cape Verde national team.

Career

Fortes was born in Praia to four brothers and sisters, he immigrated to the neighbourhood of Moulin-Vert in Vitry-sur-Seine in the Paris area in 2004. His first French club was UJA Alfortville where he spent three seasons first in the Paris-Île-de-France Division d'Honneur in 2007 and then CFA2 in 2008 he moved to Stade de Reims, in his first season, he played 23 matches in Ligue 2 and the club was relegated to the National level. In the 2009–10 season, he scored two goals in the first seven matches and Reims finished 2nd and returned to Ligue 2 in the following season,^[1] the club finished second in the 2011–12 season and participated into Ligue 1.

On 13 September 2017, Fortes signed for Indian Super League franchise NorthEast United.^[2] Managing to get only two starts in the team, he remained out of touch and was on the bench for most of the season. He was released by the club in the winter transfer window.^[3]

On 29 October 2019, Reims Sainte-Anne confirmed that Fortes had joined the Régional 1 club.^[4]

International career

He represented the national team at 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.^[5]

International goals

Score and Result list Cape Verde's goal tally first


No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	26 March 2011	Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde	Liberia	4-1	4-2	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[1]
2.	9 June 2012	Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde	Tunisia	1-1	1-2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[2]
3.	6 September 2014	Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger	Niger	2-0	3-1	2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[3]
4.	31 March 2015	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal	Portugal	1-0	2-0	Friendly	[4]
5.	13 June 2015	Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde	São Tomé and Príncipe	4-0	7-1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[5]

References

^ Fortes relève enfin la tête le 10/09/09
^ "ISL 2017: NorthEast United announce all 8 foreign players at once". Daily Hunt. Retrieved 11 October 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Fortes released". sportskeeda. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^ Football (Régional 1) : Odaïr Fortes, un renfort de poids pour l’EF Reims Saint-Anne, abonne.lunion.fr, 29 October 2019
^ "Tunisia vs Cape Verde".

External links

Odaïr Fortes – FIFA competition record (archived)
Odaïr Fortes at National-Football-Teams.com
Odaïr Fortes at L'Équipe Football (in French)

[1] Fortes relève enfin la tête le 10/09/09

[2] "ISL 2017: NorthEast United announce all 8 foreign players at once". Daily Hunt. Retrieved 11 October 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "Fortes released". sportskeeda. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[4] Football (Régional 1) : Odaïr Fortes, un renfort de poids pour l’EF Reims Saint-Anne, abonne.lunion.fr, 29 October 2019

[5] "Tunisia vs Cape Verde".

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