Arghus

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Arghus
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Personal information
Full name Arghus Soares Bordignon
Date of birth (1988-01-19) 19 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Alegrete, Brazil
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2000–2002 Grêmio
2005 Atlético Paranaense
2007 Juventude
2007 → Reggina (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2019–2020 Académica 15 (0)
2020–2021 Casa Pia 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2021

Arghus Soares Bordignon (born 19 January 1988), known as simply Arghus, is a Brazilian football centre-back.

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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 just several 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 men's 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 long-time girlfriend and childhood friend, Amanda. [3] Arghus holds a dual citizenship of Brazil and Italy. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Arghus44 blog
  2. 1 2 3 "Tretji Brazilec v LV" [Third Brazilian in LV] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor . Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 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). gazzetta.gr. 26 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Παναιτωλικός – ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1–0: "Ζωντανός" για Ευρώπη". sport24.gr. 25 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Παναιτωλικός – Πανιώνιος 5-0: Με πεντάρα κυνηγά το "θαύμα" της Ευρώπης". sport24.gr. 11 March 2019.

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