Nicolás Forttes

Nicolás Forttes Rojas (born 1 April 1997) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a right winger for San Antonio Unido.

Club career
Born in Vitacura, Santiago de Chile, Forttes is a product of Universidad de Chile youth system and served as sparring of the Chile national team. In 2017, he was loaned to Portuguese club AC Alcanenense.

Back in Chile, he joined Deportes Copiapó in the second half of 2017. Later, he spent two seasons on loan with Fernández Vial and Colchagua in 2019 and 2020–21, respectively.

In 2021, he had a brief stint with Belgian club KV Eendracht Aalter before joining Lautaro de Buin, being loaned to Deportes Melipilla in the Chilean top division in the same year.

In 2022, he joined Trasandino, switching to San Antonio Unido the next season.

Controversies
As a player of Deportes Melipilla, on loan from Lautaro de Buin, he was involved in regulation issues about double contracts, since he would have received a pay from an external employer to get an upper salary. Another players such as José Barrera and Hans Martínez were also involved, as well as the coach Carlos Encinas.

Style of play
Forttes has mainly developed his career as an attacking winger. However, he played also as a right wing-back in his stint with the Universidad de Chile youth ranks.

Personal life
As a student, Forttes attended the Saint George's College and was the football team captain.