José Fonte
Fonte before a friendly with Southampton in 2015
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| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | José Miguel da Rocha Fonte | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1983 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Penafiel, Portugal | ||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||||||||
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Current team
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West Ham United | ||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Penafiel | ||||||||
| 1994–2002 | Sporting CP | ||||||||
| 1997–2000 | → Sacavenense (loan) | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2002–2004 | Sporting B | 59 | (0) | ||||||
| 2004–2005 | Felgueiras | 28 | (1) | ||||||
| 2005 | Vitória Setúbal | 15 | (0) | ||||||
| 2006–2008 | Benfica | 0 | (0) | ||||||
| 2006 | → Paços Ferreira (loan) | 11 | (1) | ||||||
| 2006–2007 | → Estrela Amadora (loan) | 25 | (1) | ||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 22 | (1) | ||||||
| 2008–2010 | Crystal Palace | 60 | (5) | ||||||
| 2010–2017 | Southampton | 260 | (15) | ||||||
| 2017– | West Ham United | 4 | (0) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2006 | Portugal U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||
| 2006 | Portugal B | 1 | (0) | ||||||
| 2014– | Portugal | 20 | (0) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:20, 25 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2016 |
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José Miguel da Rocha Fonte ComM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈfõⁿtɨ]; born 22 December 1983) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender for English club West Ham United and the Portugal national team.
He started his professional career with Sporting B, moving to England with Crystal Palace in 2007. In 2010 he signed with Southampton, where he made 288 appearances in all competitions, until he joined West Ham in January 2017.
A Portuguese international since age 30, Fonte was part of the squad at Euro 2016, winning the tournament.
Born in Penafiel, Fonte finished his football education (after already having played there from ages 10–13) at Sporting Clube de Portugal, but only appeared with the reserves as a senior, in the third division. In 2004 he signed with S.C. Salgueiros, but the club was in severe financial difficulties and was liquidated shortly thereafter; as a result he terminated his contract and transferred to F.C. Felgueiras, in the Segunda Liga.
In the 2005 off-season, Fonte made his Primeira Liga debut with Vitória de Setúbal, where his performances attracted the eye of S.L. Benfica, who signed him in January 2006, immediately loaning him out to fellow league side F.C. Paços de Ferreira; he finished the season with 26 league appearances and one goal, as both Paços and Setúbal managed to maintain their division status.
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