Odaïr Fortes

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

Odaïr Fortes
Fortes with Reims in February 2016
Personal information
Full name Odaïr Júnior Lopes Fortes
Date of birth (1987-03-31) 31 March 1987
Place of birth Praia, Cape Verde
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 ÉF Reims Saint-Anne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 UJA Alfortville
2008–2017 Reims 231 (23)
2017–2018 NorthEast United 4 (0)
2019– ÉF Reims Saint-Anne
National team‡
2010– Cape Verde 28 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:16, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Odaïr Júnior Lopes Fortes (born 31 March 1987) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a winger for ÉF Reims Saint-Anne and the Cape Verde national team. He spent most of his club career at Stade de Reims.

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, ÉF Reims Saint-Anne confirmed, that Fortes had joined the Regionale 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
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result CompetitionRef
1.26 March 2011Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde Liberia
4–1
4–2
2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.9 June 2012Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde Tunisia
1–1
1–2
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.6 September 2014Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger Niger
2–0
3–1
2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.31 March 2015Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal Portugal
1–0
2–0
Friendly
5.13 June 2015Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde São Tomé and Príncipe
4–0
7–1
2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  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.
  3. "Fortes released". sportskeeda. 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. https://africanfootball.com/match-report/30045/Tunisia-vs-Cape-Verde
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