Fernando Karanga
Karanga in 2017
Personal information
Full name Luiz Fernando da Silva Monte
Date of birth (1991-04-14) 14 April 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Camaragibe, Brazil
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 CSKA Sofia
Number 9
Youth career
2008–2010 Náutico
2010–2011 Santa Cruz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Santa Cruz 0 (0)
2011 → Bragantino (loan) 0 (0)
2012 → Belo Jardim (loan) 0 (0)
2012 Trindade 0 (0)
2012–2014 Boa Esporte 76 (19)
2014 → Criciúma (loan) 0 (0)
2015–2017 Jeju United 18 (5)
2016 → Paraná (loan) 13 (4)
2017–2018 CSKA Sofia 39 (29)
2018–2023 Henan 73 (29)
2019 → Nacional (loan) 0 (0)
2023 Jinan Xingzhou 10 (2)
2024– CSKA Sofia 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:22, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Luiz Fernando da Silva Monte (born 14 April 1991), commonly known as Fernando Karanga, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.

Career

Early career

Karanga began his professional career with Santa Cruz, but failed to cement a first team place and spent loan spells with Bragantino and Belo Jardim before joining Trindade on a permanent basis.

CSKA Sofia

Karanga signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with CSKA-Sofia on 2 February 2017. On 29 April he scored a goal in the Eternal derby of Bulgarian football, netting the third in CSKA's 3–0 win over Levski Sofia.[1]

Karanga began the 2017–18 season with a goal in the first league game against Slavia Sofia on 15 July, which ended in a 1–1 draw.[2] Two weeks later he scored his first hat-trick in Bulgaria during a 6–2 away win over Botev Plovdiv. Karanga continued his scoring run in the following games, scoring 12 goals in his first 11 league matches of the campaign. He also scored on his Bulgarian Cup debut against Botev Vratsa in the 1/8 finals. The Brazilian finished the year with a total of 23 goals in 30 league games for the Reds, in addition to 2 games and 1 goal in the Bulgarian Cup. He continued his fine performances during the first months of 2018, but sustained an injury in the second leg of a Bulgarian Cup match against Levski Sofia on 25 April (after a rough tackle), which sidelined him until the end of the season and was a factor in him finishing in second place for the top goalscorer award in the league.

Karanga is the highest scoring foreign player (alongside Tiago Rodrigues) in the league fixtures of The Eternal Derby with three goals under his belt.[3][4] He quickly emerged as a favourite with the CSKA Sofia fans.

Henan Jianye

On 12 July 2018, Karanga was transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye (later simply known as Henan) for a reported transfer fee of $4 million.[5] He suffered from serious splenic injury in October after a match against Beijing Guoan, and received splenectomy.[6] He discharged from hospital in November, and returned to Brazil for further treatments and recoveries.[7]

In March 2019, he was loaned to Nacional.[8][9] In July 2019, he recovered from previous incident, and rejoined Henan Jianye.[10]

On 1 July 2023, he mutually terminated his contract with Henan.[11]

Jinan Xingzhou

On 19 July 2023, Karanga signed with China League One club Jinan Xingzhou.[12]

Career statistics

As of 18 October 2023.[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Santa Cruz 2011 Pernambucano – 0 0 – – 0[a] 0 0 0
Belo Jardim (loan) 2012 – 0 0 – – 5[a] 0 5 0
Trindade 2012 Goiano – 0 0 – – 9[b] 0 9 0
Boa Esporte 2012 Série B 17 3 0 0 – – – 17 3
2013 34 5 2 1 – – 10[c] 4 46 10
2014 25 11 0 0 – – – 25 11
Total 76 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 10 4 88 24
Criciúma Esporte (loan) 2014 Catarinense – 1 0 – – 8[d] 0 9 0
Jeju United 2015 K League 16 5 1 0 – – – 17 5
2016 2 0 0 0 – – – 2 0
Total 18 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 5
Paraná (loan) 2016 Série B 13 4 0 0 – – – 13 4
CSKA Sofia 2016–17 First League 12 6 0 0 – – – 12 6
2017–18 27 23 2 1 – – – 29 24
Total 39 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 30
Henan Jianye/
Henan Songshan Longmen/
Henan 		2018 Chinese Super League 8 5 0 0 – – – 8 5
2019 15 6 0 0 – – – 15 6
2020 15 3 0 0 – – – 15 3
2021 13 4 3 1 – – – 16 5
2022 22 10 0 0 – – – 22 10
Total 73 28 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 29
Nacional (loan) 2019 Paulista Série A2 – 0 0 – – 0[e] 0 0 0
Jinan Xingzhou 2023 Chinese Super League 10 2 0 0 – – – 10 2
CSKA Sofia 2023–24 First League 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0
Career Total 229 87 9 3 0 0 0 0 32 4 270 94
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Campeonato Pernambucano
  2. ^ Appearances in Campeonato Goiano
  3. ^ Appearances in Campeonato Mineiro
  4. ^ Appearances in Campeonato Catarinense
  5. ^ Appearances in Campeonato Paulista Série A2

Honours

Club

Santa Cruz
Individual

References

  1. ^ "НА ЖИВО: Левски - ЦСКА-София 0:3, "сините" са в нокдаун!" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Slavia Sofia 1–1 CSKA Sofia". soccerway.com. 15 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Фернандо Каранга задмина Серджиу Буш и е най-резултатният чужденец в историята на дербито" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Чужденците на ЦСКА по-резултатни от тези на Левски във Вечното дерби" (in Bulgarian). a-pfg.com. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  5. ^ 建业官方宣布29场25球巴西前锋加盟 (in Chinese). sports.sina.com. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  6. ^ "脾脏破裂 河南建业卡兰加出血量如5瓶水" [Karanga lost massive blood due to ruptured spleen]. people.com.cn (in Chinese). Dahe News. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  7. ^ "建业功臣卡兰加病愈出院，直奔巴西进行康复训练，下赛季将回归！" [Karanga discharged from hospital, heading Brazil for recovery, to return next season]. dahebao.cn (in Chinese). 18 November 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Мистерия с бившата звезда на ЦСКА Фернандо Каранга". topsport.bg. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  9. ^ "朱艺：为腾外援名额，建业卡兰加被租借至巴西球队". sohu.com (in Chinese). 25 March 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  10. ^ Wang, Jianbing (6 July 2019). "河南建业重伤外援卡兰加复出" [Henan Jianye's Karanga recovered from serious injury]. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  11. ^ "公 告" (in Chinese). dongqiudi. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  12. ^ "官方：前河南队外援卡兰加加盟济南兴洲" (in Chinese). dongqiudi. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  13. ^ "FERNANDO KARANGA". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  14. ^ a b Yotova, Ralitsa (7 January 2018). "Ивелин Попов е "Футболист на годината" за трети пореден път!" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

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PFC CSKA Sofia – current squad
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