Career
Club Fuertes has been used as a winger and as a striker in his career, he is a classic journeyman football player, having played for 10 different teams in Argentina, France, England, Chile, and Spain. He went to play for El Porvenir and then Los Andes in the Argentine second division. He made his return to the Primera with Platense in 1995, but he only stayed there for one year before moving on to Independiente"s fiercest rivals Racing Club de Avellaneda.
Again he only spent one season with the club before he found his way to the club that has become his spiritual home.
Colón de Santa Fe. lieutenant was at Colón where he became the Primera"s top scorer in 2000, he was Goleador with 17 goals in the Clausura tournament, this feat earned him a lucrative transfer to Europe. In July 1999, Fuertes was purchased for £2.3m by Jim Smith, manager of Derby County in England.
However, weeks later, he was refused entry back into Britain when immigration officials discovered that his Italian passport was forged. Derby were able to sell him on to Lens in France for £2.8m.
His final European club was Tenerife in Spain.
He has now become the club"s all time top goalscorer with 138 goals for the club Fuertes retired from professional football on 25 June 2012 in a match against Banfield scoring two goals. A year following his retirement, Fuertes signed a six month contract for Bolivian side Sport Boys Warnes which had been recently promoted to the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.
He officially retired on 6 December 2013 after 11 appearances and 3 goals scored for the club
International On 20 May 2009 Fuertes made his international debut in a friendly match against Panama aged 36, making him the oldest player ever to make his debut for the Argentina national team