 Karanga in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luiz Fernando da Silva Monte | ||
| Date of birth | (1991-04-14)14 April 1991 (age 34) | ||
| Place of birth | Camaragibe, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| 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 FC | 73 | (29) |
| 2019 | →Nacional (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | Jinan Xingzhou | 10 | (2) |
| 2024 | CSKA Sofia | 11 | (5) |
| 2024–2025 | Dalian Yingbo | 23 | (7) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 04:45, 8 July 2025 (UTC) | |||
Luiz Fernando da Silva Monte (born 14 April 1991), commonly known asFernando Karanga, is a Brazilianfootballer who plays as aforward.
Karanga began his professional career withSanta Cruz, but failed to cement a first team place and spent loan spells withBragantino andBelo Jardim before joiningTrindade on a permanent basis.
Karanga signed a two-and-a-half-year deal withCSKA Sofia on 2 February 2017. On 29 April he scored a goal in theEternal derby of Bulgarian football, netting the third in CSKA's 3–0 win overLevski Sofia.[1]
Karanga began the2017–18 season with a goal in the first league game againstSlavia 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 overBotev 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 againstLevski 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 in the league fixtures ofThe Eternal Derby with four goals under his belt.[3][4] He quickly emerged as a favourite with the CSKA Sofia fans.
On 12 July 2018, Karanga was transferred toChinese Super League sideHenan Jianye (later simply known asHenan) for a reported transfer fee of $4 million.[5] He suffered from serioussplenic injury in October after a match againstBeijing Guoan, and receivedsplenectomy.[6] He discharged from hospital in November, and returned to Brazil for further treatments and recoveries.[7]
In March 2019, he was loaned toNacional.[8][9] In July 2019, he recovered from the previous incident, and rejoined Henan Jianye.[10]
On 1 July 2023, he mutually terminated his contract with Henan.[11]
On 19 July 2023, Karanga signed withChina League One clubJinan Xingzhou.[12]
On 16 January 2024, Karanga returned toCSKA Sofia.[13] During his second stay with the "redmen", he managed to find the net on 5 occasions, becoming the foreign player with the most goals in the league for the team,[14][15] but his stint was marked by disciplinary issues, resulting in two red cards, for the latter of which, received in a heated match againstLudogorets Razgrad, he was handed a six-match ban.[16] He left the team in June 2024, upon the expiration of his contract.[17]
| 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 | China League One | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 10 | 2 | |||
| CSKA Sofia | 2023–24 | First League | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 5 | |||
| Dalian Yingbo | 2024 | China League One | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 4 | |||
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | ||
| Career Total | 263 | 99 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 316 | 106 | ||
