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title: "Arsenal forward Fortune signs first professional contract"
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author: "Adam Hamdani"
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published: "2016-02-02T14:59:28Z"
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# Arsenal forward Fortune signs first professional contract

Arsenal centre forward Yassin Fortune has signed his first professional contract with the club.

The Gunners[confirmed that the 17-year-old had agreed the deal](https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20160202/yassin-fortune-signs-pro-contract?)with the club on Tuesday morning, with him having joined the academy and working alongside the likes of Andries Jonker and Thierry Henry.

> Twitter: Yassin Fortune has signed his first professional contract with the club: [https://t.co/L1itRHzgc0](https://t.co/L1itRHzgc0) [https://t.co/xCOj5ngnGX](https://t.co/xCOj5ngnGX) (@Arsenal)

Fortune joined the north London club alongside Jeff Reine-Adelaide from Lens during the summer and has since gone on to impress at academy level.

The French striker has scored an impressive seven goals in 15 league appearances for the Arsenal under-18s, while making an appearance for the under-21s side earlier this season.

Fortune is also a youth international with his native France and is expected to work his way through the ranks and into the first time picture in the next couple of years.

![David Rogers/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/482122664.jpg)

With pace, agility and clinical finishing in the final third his main attributes, the young Frenchman could prove useful for the Gunners in years to come.