Arghus
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arghus Soares Bordignon | ||
Date of birth | 19 January 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Alegrete, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Excelsior (on loan from Braga) | ||
Number | 44 | ||
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– | Braga | 8 | (0) |
2016– | → Excelsior (loan) | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2016. |
Arghus Soares Bordignon (born 19 January 1988 in Alegrete) is a Brazilian football centre back who plays for Excelsior Rotterdam on loan from S.C. Braga.
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]
Honours
- Slovenian PrvaLiga (4): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
- Slovenian Cup (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
- Slovenian Supercup (3): 2012, 2013, 2014
- Portuguese Cup (1): 2015–16
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
- ↑ Arghus44 blog
- 1 2 3 "Tretji Brazilec v LV" [Third Brazilian in LV] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- 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. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ↑ "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.