Barnet signed former Charlton centre back, Jonathan Fortune earlier this week after impressing in pre-season games. Fortune began his career at Charlton and early on on his days at the Valley, he had two loan spells with Mansfield Town, then a league club.
In 2001/02, Fortune made his Charlton first team debut and quickly established himself as a first team regular, playing in the Premier League. His goal for Charlton against local rivals, Crystal Palace at the end of 2004/05 sent the Eagles down.
In 2006/07, Fortune had a couple of loan spells with Stoke City and during the summer, Stoke made an attempt to sign him on a permanent contract, but he remained with Charlton, playing under former Bee, Alan Pardew. In all, fortune made over 150 first team appearances for Charlton, scoring 6 goals before moving to Sheffield United in July 2009 on a short term contract.
However, Fortune never really broke into the side at Sheffield United and made only 5 first team appearances for the Blades before re-signing for Charlton in 2010. Fortune made a further 15 first team appearances at Charlton before moving to Exeter City in March of this year and he made 5 first team appearances for the Grecians before being released at the end of last season.
Barnet Mad welcomes Jon to Barnet.
