Enrique 'Quique' Fornos Domínguez (born 1 January 1997) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central defender for Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.

Quique Fornos
Fornos with Galicia in 2024
Personal information
Full name Enrique Fornos Domínguez
Date of birth (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth As Pontes, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Cultural Leonesa
Number 5
Youth career
2010–2016 Deportivo La Coruña
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Deportivo La Coruña 0 (0)
2014–2019 Deportivo B 108 (2)
2019–2023 Racing Ferrol 93 (2)
2023– Cultural Leonesa 41 (1)
International career
2014 Spain U17 1 (0)
2024 Galicia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Club career

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Born in As Pontes, Galicia, Fornos was a youth product of Deportivo de La Coruña. He made his debuts as a senior with the reserves, representing the side in the fourth division.

Fornos made his official debut for the Galicians' first team on 17 August 2013, playing the last 33 minutes in a 2–2 draw against Córdoba CF for that season's Copa del Rey;[1] he also was one of the youngest players to debut with Depor 's first team, with only 16 years old.[2] He would resume his career at the club playing for the Juvenil and reserve teams, helping in the latter's promotion to Segunda División B in 2017.

On 17 April 2019, Fornos was presented as a new player of fourth tier side Racing de Ferrol.[3] He achieved promotion to the third level in his first season, being regularly used afterwards.

On 15 July 2023, after helping Racing in their promotion to Segunda División, Fornos joined Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in Primera Federación on a one-year deal.[4]

References

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  1. ^ El Dépor se venga del Córdoba desde el punto de penalti (Depor gets revenge of Córdoba from the penalty spot); Marca, 12 September 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Quique Fornos, a la estela de Acuña (Quique Fornos, in Acuña's trail); La Voz de Galicia, 13 September 2013 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Quique Fornos presentado como nuevo jugador verde, muchacalidad.com, 17 April 2019
  4. ^ "Quique Fornos ficha en la Cultural Leonesa" [Quique Fornos signs at Cultural Leonesa] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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