Artur Fonte
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Artur Alberto Ferreira Fonte | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1978 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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) |
| Total | 294 | (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.
Club career
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Fonte represented Portugal at the 1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship and the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.[3]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Fonte's sons, José and Rui, were also professional footballers.[4]
References
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External links
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- Artur Fonte national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Artur Fonte – FIFA competition record (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1959 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Footballers from Lisbon
- Men's association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Divisão players
- F.C. Penafiel players
- Vitória F.C. players
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- AC Malveira players
- Portugal men's youth international footballers