Iván Forte Ortega (born 25 August 1988) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for Rayo Ibense.

Club career

Born in

Elda Elda is a city and municipality located in the province of Alicante, Spain. , it has a total population of 55,618 inhabitants, ranking as the 7th most populous city in the province. Elda joins together with the town of Petrer to form a conurba ...

Province of Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is the second most populated Valencian province. Likewise, the second and third biggest cities in the Valencian Community (Alica ...

, Forte finished his youth career with local

Alicante CF Alicante Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1918, it played its home matches at ''Estadio Alicante CF'', with a 4,000-seat capacity. History ''Alicante Club de Fútbol'', under th ...

, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2007–08 season. On 20 December 2008 he played his first game with the main squad, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–3 away loss against

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...

in the Segunda División championship; he appeared in a further five league games until the end of

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, which ended in relegation. On 27 June 2011, after dropping another level with the

Valencian Valencian () or Valencian language () is the official, historical and traditional name used in the Valencian Community (Spain), and unofficially in the Carche, El Carche comarca in Región de Murcia, Murcia (Spain), to refer to the Romance lan ...

, Forte joined

Ontinyent CF Ontinyent Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Ontinyent, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1947 it held home games at '' Estadio El Clariano'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. On 28 March 2019, due to economic pr ...

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Fo ...

. On 7 July of the following year he signed with

Racing de Ferrol Racing Club de Ferrol is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio d ...

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

, achieving promotion in his first season and contributing with 37 games and three goals to the feat. After leaving Racing in 2016, Forte represented

CD Ebro Club Deportivo Ebro is a Spanish football club in Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1942, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at ''Campo Municipal de Fútbol La Almozara'', which has a capa ...

in the third level and helped

CF La Nucía Club de Fútbol La Nucía is a Spanish football team based in La Nucía, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1995, it plays in Segunda Federación - Group 3, holding home games at ''Estadio Camilo Cano'', which has a capacity of 3, ...

to achieve promotion to that category, before signing with

CD Eldense Club Deportivo Eldense is a Spanish football team based in Elda, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1921, the club plays in the Primera División RFEF – Group 2, and holds home matches at ''Estadio Nuevo Pepico Amat'', which h ...

in the fourth tier on 4 January 2021; he returned to the club he represented as a youth 15 years later. With the latter side, he achieved three consecutive promotions as they returned to the second division after a 59-year absence, but left on 7 July 2023. On 13 September 2023, however, Forte returned to Eldense, but to play for the reserves in the

Lliga Comunitat The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

, sixth tier.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Forte, Ivan 1988 births Living people People from Elda Footballers from the Province of Alicante Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Alicante CF footballers Ontinyent CF players Racing de Ferrol footballers CD Ebro players CF La Nucía players CD Eldense footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen