| Carlos Forbs | |
| Full Name: | Carlos Roberto Forbs Borges |
| Birth Date: | 19 March 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Sintra, Portugal |
| Height: | 1.69 m |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Ajax |
| Clubnumber: | 11 |
| Youthyears1: | 2011–2014 |
| Youthyears2: | 2014–2015 |
| Youthclubs2: | Sporting CP |
| Youthyears3: | 2015–2023 |
| Youthclubs3: | Manchester City |
| Years1: | 2023– |
| Clubs1: | Ajax |
| Caps1: | 22 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2024– |
| Clubs2: | Jong Ajax |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2020 |
| Nationalteam1: | Portugal U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2022 |
| Nationalteam2: | Portugal U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2022–2023 |
| Nationalteam3: | Portugal U19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 16 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 2 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam4: | Portugal U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 11 August 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 23:38, 17 October 2023 (UTC) |
Carlos Roberto Forbs Borges (born 19 March 2004) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Ajax.
Born in Sintra, Lisboa Region, Forbs started playing football there, before enjoying a season-short spell at Sporting CP in the capital. He moved to England at the age of around 11, where he attended high-school at the Cooperative Academy of Leeds, but soon caught the eye of many premier league scouts, joining the Manchester City Academy in 2015.[1] [2] [3]
In Manchester, he progressed through all of the youth categories, becoming a regular provider of goals and assists with the under-18 and under-23 teams, as City won both national tournaments between 2020 and 2022.[4] [5] He was named under-18 player of the season for Manchester City in May 2021.[6]
By the end of 2021, he made his Youth League debut, scoring the only goal in a 1–0 away pool win against RB Leipzig.[7]
He made headlines in September 2022, as he scored a hat-trick and delivered an assist during Manchester City's opening game of the Youth League, a 5–1 away win against Sevilla.[8] He also proved to be instrumental a month later, with a goal and an assist in the 3–1 win at Copenhagen.[9] In the 2022–23 season, he scored 25 goals and provided 13 assists in all competitions for Manchester City U21.[10]
On 3 August 2023, Forbs signed for Eredivisie club AFC Ajax on a five-year contract in a €14 million deal, which could rise to €19 million with variables.[11] [12] Nine days later, he made his professional debut for the Amsterdam side, coming off the bench to replace Brian Brobbey in the final minutes of a 4–1 home victory over Heracles Almelo, in the 2023–24 Eredivisie's opening game-week.[13] Ten days later, in the next league match, away to Excelsior, Forbs started and assisted Brobbey's opener, before being replaced by Davy Klaassen in the 60th minute; the game ended in a 2–2 draw.[14] On 24 August, he made his debut in European competitions, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 4–1 win away at Ludogorets Razgrad, in the UEFA Europa League play-off round.[15] On 21 September, in an Europa League group stage match at home to Marseille, Forbs scored his first professional goal and also provided an assist; the game ended in a 3–3 draw.[16]
Born in Portugal, Forbs is of Bissau-Guinean descent.[17] He is a youth international for Portugal. By 2022, he became a regular starter with the Portuguese under-19s.[18]
On 8 September 2023, Forbs made his debut for Portugal's under-21s, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 home win over Andorra, in a qualifier for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[19]
Formerly known as Carlos Borges, the player has opted to play using his mother's surname as Carlos Forbs since he joined Ajax in August 2023.[20]
| Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Manchester City U21 | 2022–23 | — | – | – | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Ajax | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | – | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | – | 37 | 4 | ||||
| Jong Ajax | 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 8 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | ||
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