Stefano Fortunato (born 15 January 1990) is an Italian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a goalkeeper.

Biography

Son of former footballer

Daniele Fortunato Daniele Fortunato (born 8 January 1963) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player, who played as a midfielder. Playing career Fortunato was born in Samarate. He played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, and had ...

, Fortunato started his career at

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club

Montecchio Maggiore Montecchio Maggiore () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is situated approximately west of Vicenza and east of Verona; SP 246 provincial road passes through it. Montecchio Maggiore borders the following muni ...

. Fortunato was selected by Veneto Regional Allievi Representative Team in 2006. He made his senior debut in

2006–07 Serie D The 2006–07 Serie D was the fifty-ninth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. The regular season started September 17, 2006 and continued th ...

season. In August 2008 he was signed by

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

club

Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...

. He was the backup of Andrea Gasparri in the "spring" under-20 league. In 2009, he left for Italian third tier club Pro Patria. In

2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-third football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the third since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into two ...

, Fortunato was the fourth keeper behind Luca Anania, Matteo Andreoletti and Andrea Sala. In July 2011 he was signed by

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

club

Modena Modena (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025. A town, and seat of an archbis ...

. He was the understudy of Nicholas Caglioni and

Matteo Guardalben Matteo Guardalben (born 5 June 1974) is an Italian former professional football goalkeeper. Club career Guardalben was born in Nogara, Province of Verona. After five seasons with Parma, Guardalben (along with Nicola Mora and Matuzalém) joine ...

. He made his club debut in

2011–12 Coppa Italia The 2011–12 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 65th edition of the domestic competition. As in the previous year, 78 clubs took part in the tournament. Internazionale were the cup holders. Napoli were the winner ...

against top division club

Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona. History The name came from t ...

. Both team fielded with inferior squad and Modena losing to the Veneto side 0–3. Fortunato also played for Modena "spring" in round 2 to 4, round 10, 15 and 17 as overage player. He wore no.88 shirt in the first team. Fortunato made his Serie B debut as sub on 20 May 2012. In August 2012 he started to train with

Vicenza Calcio L.R. Vicenza S.p.A. (acronym for ''Lanerossi Vicenza''), better known as Vicenza or Lanerossi, is an Italian football club based in the city of Vicenza. It plays in Serie C, the third division of the Italian football league. Founded on 9 March ...

. On 19 August Fortunato appeared for Vicenza as unused bench in

2012–13 Coppa Italia The 2012–13 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 66th edition of the domestic competition. As in the previous year, 78 clubs have taken part in the tournament. Napoli were the cup holders. Lazio were the winners, ...

. On 31 August 2013 he was signed by the third-tier club

Venezia Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

in 1-year contract. After 8 months without a club, on 25 February 2016, Fortunato was signed by

Novara Novara (; Novarese Lombard, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous ...

Arezzo Arezzo ( , ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the Province of Arezzo, province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of Above mean sea level, above sea level. As of 2 ...

also announced the signing of Fortunato on 9 June 2015. However, the deal did not materialize. On 1 September 2016 Fortunato joined

South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...

, replacing Achille Coser. In 2017 Fortunato returned to

on a two-year contract.

References

External links

Lega Serie B Profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortunato, Stefano 1990 births Living people Footballers from Turin Italian men's footballers Parma Calcio 1913 players Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players Modena FC 2018 players Men's association football goalkeepers 21st-century Italian sportsmen