Arghus

Arghus Soares Bordignon (born 19 January 1988) is a Brazilian football centre back who plays for Portuguese club Coimbra.

Arghus
Personal information
Full name Arghus Soares Bordignon
Date of birth (1988-01-19) 19 January 1988
Place of birth Alegrete, Brazil
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Coimbra
Number 55
Youth career
2000–2002 Grêmio
2005 Atlético Paranaense
2007 Juventude
2007 → Reggina (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Brasil de Pelotas 1 (0)
2009–2011 SE River Plate 4 (1)
2011–2015 Maribor 65 (7)
2015–2018 Braga 8 (0)
2016–2017 → Excelsior (loan) 1 (0)
2017 → Braga B 4 (1)
2018–2019 Panetolikos 29 (2)
2019– Coimbra 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2019

Club career

After a series of short spells with various Brazilian and European clubs,[1] Arghus signed a three-year contract with Slovenian club Maribor in 2011.[2] Between December 2011 and May 2012 Arghus was sidelined due to injury and returned on the football pitch in late May 2012 as a substitute in a match against Mura 05, scoring a goal only couple of minutes later.[3]

On 4 August 2016, he signed for Excelsior on a one-year loan deal.[4]

On 26 January 2018, Panetolikos officially announced their deal with Arghus, who was released from Braga for an undisclosed fee. He signed a contract until the summer of 2019.[5] His first goal came on 25 February 2019, in a 1–0 home win against PAS Giannina.[6] Two weeks later, he opened the score in a 5–0 home win against Panionios.[7]

Honours
Maribor
Braga

Personal life

Unlike many Brazilian footballers, who lived and played football on the streets, Arghus had a better life as a child, living in a small and quiet town.[3] His mother was a Portuguese language professor and his father a policeman.[3] He also has a younger brother who is involved in football.[3] Arghus is multilingual, speaking three languages fluently: Portuguese, Spanish and Italian.[2] He is married to a longtime girlfriend and childhood friend, Amanda.[3] Arghus holds a dual citizenship of Brazil and Italy.[2]

References
  1. Arghus44 blog
  2. "Tretji Brazilec v LV" [Third Brazilian in LV] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  3. Tamara Pocak (21 May 2011). "Najsrečnejši, ko sem se videl v videoigrici" [The happiest, when I saw myself in the video game] (in Slovenian). Ekipa. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  4. "Excelsior huurt Arghus Soares Bordignon van Braga" [Excelsior hires Arghus Soares Bordignon from Braga] (in Dutch). SBV Excelsior official website. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. Εφερε Αργκους ο Παναιτωλικός (in Greek). www.gazzetta.gr. 26 January 2018.
  6. "Παναιτωλικός - ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1–0: "Ζωντανός" για Ευρώπη". www.sport24.gr. 25 February 2019.
  7. "Παναιτωλικός - Πανιώνιος 5-0: Με πεντάρα κυνηγά το "θαύμα" της Ευρώπης". www.sport24.gr. 11 March 2019.

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