Argélico Fucks

Argel

Personal information
Full name	Argélico Fucks
Date of birth	September 4, 1974 (1974-09-04)
Place of birth	Santa Rosa, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Oeste (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1995	Internacional	42	(3)
1996–1997	Verdy Kawasaki	32	(0)
1997–1998	Santos	21	(2)
1999	Porto	5	(1)
2000	Palmeiras	19	(0)
2001–2004	Benfica	79	(7)
2005	Racing Santander	2	(0)
2005	Cruzeiro	2	(0)
2006	Canoas	10	(0)
2007	Zhejiang Lucheng	22	(1)
National team
1993	Brazil U20	2	(0)
1995	Brazil	1	(0)
Teams managed
2008–2009	Caxias-RS
2009	Guaratinguetá
2009–2010	Campinense
2010	Criciúma
2011	Guarani
2011	Botafogo-SP
2011	Caxias-RS
2011–	Oeste
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Argélico Fucks (born 4 September 1974 in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul), aka Argel, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a central defender, and a current coach.

Club career

In his country, Argel played for Sport Club Internacional, Santos FC and Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, with a brief stint in Japan in between, and an unsuccessful spell at Portugal's F.C. Porto, which finished after a serious run-in with the board of directors, and prompted his Brazil return.

In 2001, he returned to Portugal, with S.L. Benfica, which he helped win the league and the supercup, the former after an 11-year drought (with the player contributing with ten matches and one goal).

After falling down the stoppers' pecking order at Benfica, Argel had an unassuming six-month stay at Racing de Santander, going on to retire in 2007, after representing Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, Canoas Sport Club and China's Zhejiang Lucheng.

After his retirement, he started a managerial career, first being hired as Guaratinguetá Futebol's head coach on 8 February 2008, being sacked exactly one year later. Three days later, he was hired by Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul.

On 2 June 2009, Argel was hired by Campinense Clube in the same capacity, replacing Fernando Teixeira. On 9 April of the following year, he signed for Criciúma Esporte Clube.

International career

Argel represented Brazil internationally at the under-20 level, winning both the South American Youth Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

On 29 March 1995, he gained his only cap for the full side, appearing in a friendly with Honduras.

Statistics

Club

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Brazil			League
1993	Internacional	Série A	4	0
1994			22	2
1995			16	1
Japan			League
1996	Verdy Kawasaki	J. League 1	14	0
1997			18	0
Brazil			League
1998	Santos	Série A	21	2
1999			0	0
Portugal			League
1999/00	Porto	Primeira Liga	5	1
Brazil			League
2000	Palmeiras	Série A	0	0
2001			0	0
Portugal			League
2001/02	Benfica	Primeira Liga	22	2
2002/03			28	2
2003/04			19	1
2004/05			10	1
Spain			League
2004/05	Racing Santander	La Liga	2	0
Brazil			League
2005	Cruzeiro	Série A	10	0
2006	Canoas	Série C	0	0
China PR			League
2007	Hangzhou Greentown	Super League	22	1
Country	Brazil		73	5
	Japan		32	0
	Portugal		84	7
	Spain		2	0
	China PR		22	1
Total			213	13

International

Brazil national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1995	1	0
Total	1	0

Surname

Some of Argel's fame stems from his surname, which is identical to both the plural noun form and to the (singular third-person) present indicative verb form of the vulgar English word "fuck". This led to some double entendre headlines including one from Eurosport.com titled "Fucks off to Benfica".

This headline received press coverage itself with The Register calling it "snappy and eye-catching", and football humour site Laugh FC deeming it "one of the all time greats".

External links

• SambaFoot profile
• Stats and profile at ZeroZero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• BDFutbol profile
• Argélico Fucks at National-Football-Teams.com