Artur Fonte

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Artur Fonte
Personal information
Full name Artur Alberto Ferreira Fonte
Date of birth (1959-08-08) 8 August 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1973–1978 Sporting CP
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1980 Vila Real
1980–1982 Penafiel 55 (1)
1982–1983 Vitória Setúbal 6 (0)
1983–1984 Penafiel 31 (0)
1984–1988 Belenenses 99 (2)
1988–1992 Penafiel 99 (0)
1992 Atlético Malveira 4 (0)
Total294(3)
International career
1977–1978 Portugal U18 16 (0)
1979 Portugal U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Artur Alberto Ferreira Fonte (born 8 August 1959) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left-back.

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Club career

Born in Lisbon, Fonte spent 12 seasons in the Primeira Liga, playing 290 matches for F.C. Penafiel (three spells), C.F. Os Belenenses and Vitória de Setúbal. He made his debut in the competition on 23 August 1980 whilst at the service of the first club, in a 1–0 home win against C.S. Marítimo. [1]

Also with Penafiel, in the 1988–89 campaign, Fonte appeared in a career-best 35 games to help his team to the 14th position. [2] He retired at the age of 33, after one year in the lower leagues.

International career

Fonte represented Portugal at the 1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship and the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. [3]

Personal life

Fonte's sons, José and Rui, were also professional footballers. [4]

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References

  1. "Penafiel 1–0 Marítimo" (in Portuguese). Zerozero. 23 August 1980. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  2. "Época 1988/89: Primeira Divisão" [1988/89 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 22 July 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. Roseiro, Bruno (20 May 2017). "Portugal no Mundial Sub-20: quem, quando e onde? Um guia para a competição" [Portugal at the Under-20 World Cup: who, when and where? A guide for the competition]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. Calhau, Pedro (17 February 2015). "Rui Fonte só "precisa de confiança para abrir o livro"" [Rui Fonte only "needs confidence to open the book"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 April 2017.