Rúben Fonseca

Rúben Miguel Valente Fonseca (born 24 February 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for C.D. Tondela as a forward.

Rúben Fonseca
Personal information
Full name Rúben Miguel Valente Fonseca[1]
Date of birth (2000-02-24) 24 February 2000[1]
Place of birth Sanfins, Portugal[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Tondela
Number 7
Youth career
2019–2011 Futsal
2011–2012 Feirense
2012–2016 Benfica
2016–2018 Feirense
2018–2019 Tondela
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Tondela 35 (2)
2021 → Salgueiros (loan) 12 (2)
2022 → Braga B (loan) 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:41, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

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]

References
  1. "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.
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