Steve José Furtado Pereira (born 22 November 1994) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

club Farul Constanța. Born in France, he plays the

Cape Verde national football team The Cape Verde national football team (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ; recognized as Cabo Verde by FIFA) represents Cape Verde in men's international Association football, football, and is controlled by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. ...

Club career

Furtado joined

US Orléans Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football (; commonly referred to as US Orléans or simply Orléans) is a French association football club based in Orléans. The club was founded in 1976 and currently play in Championnat National after being releg ...

on 25 June 2017 after a successful spell with

US Créteil-Lusitanos Union Sportive Créteil-Lusitanos (commonly referred to as US Créteil, USC, or simply Créteil) is a French football club based in Créteil, a southeastern suburb of Paris. The club was founded in 1936 and currently play in the National 2, the ...

. He made his professional debut for Orléans in a 3–1

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win over

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on 28 July 2017. In July 2022 Furtado signed a contract with CSKA 1948.

International career

Born in France, Furtado is Cape Verdean by descent. On 1 October 2020, Furtado was called by

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. He debuted for Cape Verde in a friendly 2–1 win over

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on 7 October 2020.

Career statistics

Honours

CSKA 1948 *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

runner-up:

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runner-up:

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CSKA 1948 II *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Furtado, Steve 1994 births Living people Footballers from Creil Cape Verdean men's footballers Cape Verde men's international footballers French men's footballers French sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Men's association football defenders Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 3 players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Liga I players Stade Malherbe Caen players Stade Rennais FC players US Créteil-Lusitanos players US Orléans players Albacete Balompié players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players FCV Farul Constanța players Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Spain Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria French expatriate sportspeople in Romania Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players 21st-century French sportsmen