Arthuro

Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (born 27 August 1982), known simply as Arthuro, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward.

Arthuro
Personal information
Full name Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt
Date of birth (1982-08-27) 27 August 1982
Place of birth Florianópolis, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Criciúma
2000–2003 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
2003–2004 Racing B 7 (2)
2003–2004 Racing Santander 0 (0)
2004–2005 Sporting Gijón 25 (6)
2005–2008 Alavés 29 (6)
2007–2008 → Córdoba (loan) 34 (10)
2008 Steaua București 9 (1)
2009 Terek Grozny 0 (0)
2009 Flamengo 0 (0)
2009 Celta 11 (0)
2009 Al Dhafra 9 (2)
2010 União Leiria 0 (0)
2011 Avaí 6 (1)
2012 Johor F.C. 5 (7)
2013 Pelotas 8 (0)
2013–2014 União Madeira 20 (12)
2014–2015 Estoril 14 (0)
2015–2016 Recreativo 17 (6)
2017 Titus Pétange 8 (1)
2017–2018 Sabadell 6 (1)
Total 208 (55)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2018

He also held an Italian passport.

Football career

Arthuro was born in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. After a brief youth spell in Germany with Hamburger SV, he returned to his country to start his professional career, with lowly Criciúma Esporte Clube. The following year, aged just 18, he moved abroad again, spending three years without any first-team appearances for Middlesbrough.[1]

Next stop was Spain, and Arthuro also struggled initially: he only appeared seven times with Racing de Santander's reserves in the third division but fared better in the following years, successively with Sporting de Gijón, Deportivo Alavés[2] and Córdoba CF[3]– he also appeared in six scoreless games with the Basques in 2005–06's La Liga, with relegation.

Released by Alavés in June 2008, Arthuro played in Romania with FC Steaua București until January of the following year,[4] when he transferred to Russian club FC Terek Grozny. Again in quick succession he moved teams again, signing in May with Clube de Regatas do Flamengo.

Arthuro represented his fourth side in one year when he signed with RC Celta de Vigo, also from the Spanish second level.[5] However, in early January 2010, both parties agreed to terminate his contract after poor performances overall (he failed to score a single official goal) and failure to adjust to the city;[6] he immediately found a new club, joining Al Dhafra S.C.C. in the United Arab Emirates.

Late in 2010, Arthuro moved to Portugal and joined U.D. Leiria, but quickly returned to his homeland and signed for Avaí Futebol Clube. After only a couple of matches he changed teams and countries again, joining Johor Darul Takzim F.C. in Malaysia.[7][8]

References
  1. Player lay-offs no cause for alarm – agent; The Independent, 2 June 2003
  2. Arthuro, duodécimo fichaje (Arthuro, twelfth signing); Mundo Deportivo, 22 July 2005 (in Spanish)
  3. Arthuro, quinto de Córdoba (Arthuro, fifth at Córdoba); Mundo Deportivo, 25 July 2007 (in Spanish)
  4. Steaua sever ties with Latin duo; UEFA, 9 December 2008
  5. Arthuro regresa al fútbol español para jugar en Vigo (Arthuro returns to Spanish football to play in Vigo); Mundo Deportivo, 19 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  6. El Celta llega a un acuerdo con Arthuro para rescindir el contrato del delantero (Celta agree with Arthuro to terminate forward's contract) Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine; La Región, 12 January 2010 (in Spanish)
  7. Johor on samba path; New Straits Times, 8 February 2012
  8. Johor FC fail to sign Becamengo due to travel document problems Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine; This Is Football, 8 February 2012
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