Stopira

Carlitos Fortes

#13 · Defender · age 37

Veteran defender, scored in qualifier vs Eswatini.

Club

Torreense

Portugal · Primeira Liga

Caps

Intl goals

WC26 rating

high confidence

Recent form: 51
Career peak: 58
League level: 79
Competition pedigree: 60
International pedigree: 95
Longevity: 69

Independent rating — league strength (Opta-anchored) × competition tier × position-normalized output. Not affiliated with EA or FIFA.

Career by season

Season	Club	Competition	Apps	Gls	Ast	Rating
25/26	Torreense	Liga Portugal 2	31	2	0	6.94
24/25	Torreense	Liga Portugal 2	29	2	0	7.16
22/23	Videoton FC Fehérvár	NB I	24	2	0	—
21/22	Videoton FC Fehérvár	NB I	26	1	0	—
20/21	Videoton FC Fehérvár	NB I	27	3	0	—
2025	Cabo Verde	World Cup Qual. CAF	1	1	0	—
2023	Cabo Verde	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	3	0	1	7.20
2021	Cabo Verde	Africa Cup of Nations	4	0	0	7.13

Source: sofascore · fetched 2026-05-29

Stopira is Cape Verde’s defensive senior — the player who organises the line, picks the moments to step, and absorbs the physical contests his younger partners cannot. Against Spain his job will be to win the second balls when Cubarsí and Laporte launch long diagonals.

Strengths

positional reading of long balls
aerial duels at set pieces
leadership and game-state management

Recent form

Played the full qualifying cycle as a starter; scored vs Eswatini.

His nickname Stopira is a play on the word 'stopper' — given to him as a teenager in Cape Verde when he was naturally the kid who stopped everyone in pickup games.