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Argélico Fuchs (born Argélico Fucks; 4 September 1974) is a Brazilian former professional
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who played as a
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, currently
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of Paraná. His professional career spanned 15 years, during which he was mainly associated with Benfica and Internacional. He also played in Japan, Spain and China, and appeared in one international match for
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. Fuchs started working as a coach in 2008, going on to be in charge of more than 25 clubs.


Club career

Known simply as Argel as a player, he was born in
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. He began his career with Internacional, Santos and Palmeiras, with a brief stint in Japan in between and an unsuccessful spell at Portugal's
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, which finished after a serious run-in with the board of directors and prompted his Brazil return. In early June 2001, Argel returned to Portugal with Benfica, which he helped win the
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in his fourth season and the
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, the former after an 11-year drought. The player contributed to this feat with ten matches and one goal. After falling down the pecking order at Benfica, Argel had a six-month stay at
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, going on to retire in 2007 after representing Cruzeiro, Canoas and Chinese club Zhejiang Lucheng.


International career

Argel represented Brazil at under-20 level, winning both the
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and the
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. On 29 March 1995 he earned his only
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for the full side, appearing in a friendly against
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.


Coaching career

Argel's coaching career began when he was hired as
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's head coach on 8 February 2008, being sacked exactly one year later. Three days later, he was hired by Caxias. On 2 June 2009, Argel was hired by Campinense in the same capacity, replacing Fernando Teixeira. On 9 April of the following year, he signed for Criciúma. Argel was announced as coach of former club Internacional on 13 August 2015, after leaving Figueirense which he had already managed in two separate spells. He was fired on 11 July after six games without a win, but hours later he returned to Figueirense. On 13 September 2016, Argel was named head coach of Vitória. The following 1 May, after elimination from the
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against
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and the massive brawl that ensued, he was sacked. This was his tenth dismissal in the decade – three alone in 2011 – while he had also resigned from seven jobs; only at Figueirense did he complete a full year in charge of a team. After rejoining Criciúma, Argel was dismissed in May 2018. In September, he was announced as the new head coach of fellow Série B team Coritiba, being relieved of his duties on 16 February 2019 after being knocked out of the
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. On 2 July 2019, Argel replaced Marcelo Cabo at the helm of first division newcomers CSA. On 28 November, he took over fellow top-tier side
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in the place of fired Adílson Batista, but was dismissed the following 9 February. Argel returned to CSA on 31 August 2020, but was fired after only 18 days in charge. In October 2021, following a second spell at Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto, he returned to Portugal 17 years after leaving to take charge of third-division club Alverca. On 19 March 2023, Argel went back to Brazil after being named at Chapecoense in the second tier. He was dismissed on 29 May, and took over ABC in the same league on 3 September; he left the latter on 22 November before the last match of the season, with his team already relegated. On 16 February 2024, Argel returned to Caxias for a third stint. On 27 June, he was fired.


Surname

Some of Argel's fame stemmed from his prior surname, which coincided with a form of the English word "
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". This led to some
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headlines, including one from Eurosport.com titled "Fucks off to Benfica"; this headline received press coverage itself with ''
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'' calling it "snappy and eye-catching", and football humour site Laugh FC deeming it "one of the all time greats". In 2020, the spelling was changed to "Fuchs", and Argel explained that the previous spelling was the result of an error by the registry, and that his name was always supposed to have been Fuchs.


Career statistics


Club


International


Honours

Internacional *
Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...
: 1992, 1994 *
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:
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Santos *
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:
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Porto *
Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
: 1999–2000 *
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira L ...
:
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Palmeiras * Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 2000 *
Copa dos Campeões Copa dos Campeões (Portuguese for Brazilian Champions Cup) was a Brazilian football competition, organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), contested by the best teams from each one of the regional cups. The Copa dos Campeões wi ...
: 2000 Benfica *
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: 2004–05 *Taça de Portugal: 2003–04 *Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira runner-up:
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Brazil U17 * South American Under-17 Football Championship: 1991 Brazil U20 * FIFA World Youth Championship:
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*
South American Youth Football Championship The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as South American U-20 Championship (; ), branded as CONMEBOL Sub 20, is a South American football tournament organized by the CONMEBOL for South American national teams of men under age o ...
:
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...


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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuchs, Argel 1974 births Living people People from Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian people of German descent 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul Men's association football central defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players SC Internacional players Santos FC players SE Palmeiras players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players J1 League players Tokyo Verdy players Primeira Liga players FC Porto players S.L. Benfica footballers La Liga players Racing de Santander players Chinese Super League players Zhejiang Professional F.C. players Brazil men's under-20 international footballers Brazil men's international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série C managers Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube managers Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul managers Guaratinguetá Futebol managers Campinense Clube managers Esporte Clube São José managers Criciúma Esporte Clube managers Guarani FC managers Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) managers Brasiliense FC managers Oeste Futebol Clube managers Joinville Esporte Clube managers Figueirense FC managers Avaí FC managers Red Bull Bragantino II managers América Futebol Clube (RN) managers Associação Portuguesa de Desportos managers Sport Club Internacional managers Esporte Clube Vitória managers Goiás Esporte Clube managers Coritiba Foot Ball Club managers Centro Sportivo Alagoano managers Ceará Sporting Club managers Associação Chapecoense de Futebol managers ABC Futebol Clube managers Paraná Clube managers F.C. Alverca managers Brazilian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Portugal