Rui Pedro da Rocha Fonte is a midfielder from Portugal playing for Benfica B.
Rui started his career at Sporting Lisbon when he joined the youth team of the club. The Portuguese signed for Arsenal FC in 2006 having penned a 3-year deal. As he was a part of their reserve team Fonte played his first official game for the Gunners taking the pitch against Barnett in 2008. On November 11, 2008 Fonte came in as a substitute for a Mexican Carlos Vela in a League Cup game against Wigan Athletic.
On January 30, 2009 Fonte signed for Crystal Palace. There Rui was destined to play a crucial part in that campaign alongside with his brother José. Rui’s debut for Crystal Palace happened in a 1-0 win against Blackpool on January 31 and after the game the contract was prolonged till the end of the season.
On May 18, 2009 Arsenal announced that they won’t extend Fonte’s contract so that the player had to move back to Sporting. Nevertheless the season 2009/10 Rui spent for Vitória de Setúbal and made his first appearance there on August 17 having played one minute only in a 0-0 draw against Vitória de Guimarães. Rui Fonte made only occasional appearances for Vitória de Setúbal that season as his side was really close to getting demoted in their status.
Fonte played for RCD Espanyol on a season-long loan in the campaign of 2010/11. He spent most of his time there playing for the reserve team and his first La Liga start happened in a game against Sporting de Gijon where he happened to play only one closing minute of the match on December 5, 2010. Then, two months later he took to the field in a fixture against Real Madrid having spent on the pitch the final 10 minutes of the game.
On July 14, 2011 Rui Fonte signed a permanent deal with RCD Espanyol having scored his first official goal for the ‘Peritos’ on January 17 of the following year playing a Copa del Rey match against Mirandés. In total he made 19 appearances for Espanyol since 2011 scoring once.
In 2013 the player returned to Portugal and joined Benfica.
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