 Argel as head coach ofBotafogo-SP in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Argélico Fuchs[1] | ||
| Birth name | Argélico Fucks | ||
| Date of birth | (1974-09-04)4 September 1974 (age 51)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Rosa, Brazil[1] | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Internacional | 41 | (3) |
| 1996–1997 | Verdy Kawasaki | 32 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Santos | 21 | (2) |
| 1999 | Porto | 5 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Palmeiras | 40 | (4) |
| 2001–2004 | Benfica | 79 | (7) |
| 2005 | Racing Santander | 2 | (0) |
| 2005 | Cruzeiro | 9 | (0) |
| 2006 | Canoas | 10 | (0) |
| 2007 | Zhejiang Greentown | 22 | (1) |
| Total | 261 | (18) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993 | Brazil U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 1995 | Brazil | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008 | Mogi Mirim | ||
| 2008–2009 | Guaratinguetá | ||
| 2009 | Caxias | ||
| 2009 | Campinense | ||
| 2010 | São José-RS | ||
| 2010 | Criciúma | ||
| 2011 | Guarani | ||
| 2011 | Botafogo-SP | ||
| 2011 | Caxias | ||
| 2011 | Brasiliense | ||
| 2011 | Oeste | ||
| 2012 | Joinville | ||
| 2012 | Figueirense | ||
| 2012 | Avaí | ||
| 2013 | Red Bull Brasil | ||
| 2013 | América de Natal | ||
| 2013 | Criciúma | ||
| 2014 | Portuguesa | ||
| 2014–2015 | Figueirense | ||
| 2015–2016 | Internacional | ||
| 2016 | Figueirense | ||
| 2016–2017 | Vitória | ||
| 2017 | Goiás | ||
| 2018 | Criciúma | ||
| 2018–2019 | Coritiba | ||
| 2019 | CSA | ||
| 2019–2020 | Ceará | ||
| 2020 | CSA | ||
| 2021 | Botafogo-SP | ||
| 2021–2022 | Alverca | ||
| 2023 | Chapecoense | ||
| 2023 | ABC | ||
| 2024 | Caxias | ||
| 2025 | Paraná | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Argélico Fuchs (bornArgélico Fucks;[3] 4 September 1974) is a Brazilian former professionalfootballer who played as acentral defender, currently ahead coach.
His professional career spanned 15 years, during which he was mainly associated withBenfica andInternacional. He also played in Japan, Spain and China, and appeared in one international match forBrazil.
Fuchs started working as a coach in 2008, going on to be in charge of more than 25 clubs.
Born inSanta Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Argel began his career withInternacional,Santos andPalmeiras, with a brief stint in Japan in between and an unsuccessful spell at Portugal'sPorto, which finished after a serious run-in with the board of directors and prompted his Brazil return.[4]
In early June 2001, Argel returned to Portugal withBenfica,[5][6] which he helped win thePrimeira Liga in hisfourth season and theSupertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the former after an 11-year drought.[7] The player contributed to this feat with ten matches and one goal.[8]
After falling down the pecking order at Benfica, Argel had a six-month stay atRacing de Santander,[9] going on to retire in 2007 after representingCruzeiro,Canoas and Chinese clubZhejiang Lucheng.[10]
Argel representedBrazil at under-20 level, winning both theSouth American Youth Football Championship[11][12] and theFIFA U-20 World Cup.[13] On 29 March 1995 he earned his onlycap for thefull side, appearing in afriendly againstHonduras.[14]
Argel's coaching career began when he was hired asGuaratinguetá's head coach on 8 February 2008,[15] being sacked exactly one year later.[16] Three days later, he was hired byCaxias.[17]
On 2 June 2009, Argel was hired byCampinense in the same capacity, replacing Fernando Teixeira.[18] On 9 April of the following year, he signed forCriciúma.[19]
Argel was announced as coach of former club Internacional on 13 August 2015, after leavingFigueirense which he had already managed in two separate spells.[20] He was fired on 11 July after six games without a win,[21] but hours later he returned to Figueirense.[22]
On 13 September 2016, Argel was named head coach ofVitória.[23][24] The following 1 May, afterelimination from theCopa do Nordeste againstBahia and the massive brawl that ensued, he was sacked.[25] 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.[26]
After rejoining Criciúma, Argel was dismissed in May 2018.[27] In September, he was announced as the new head coach of fellowSérie B teamCoritiba,[28] being relieved of his duties on 16 February 2019 afterbeing knocked out of theCopa do Brasil.[29]
On 2 July 2019, Argel replacedMarcelo Cabo at the helm of first division newcomersCSA.[30] On 28 November, he took over fellow top-tier sideCeará in the place of firedAdílson Batista,[31] but was dismissed the following 9 February.[32]
Argel returned to CSA on 31 August 2020, but was fired after only 18 days in charge.[33] In October 2021, following a second spell atBotafogo de Ribeirão Preto, he returned to Portugal 17 years after leaving to take charge ofthird-division clubAlverca.[34]
On 19 March 2023, Argel went back to Brazil after being named atChapecoense in the second tier.[35] He was dismissed on 29 May,[36] and took overABC in the same league on 3 September;[37] he left the latter on 22 November before the last match ofthe season, with his team already relegated.[38]
On 16 February 2024, Argel returned to Caxias for a third stint.[39] On 27 June, he was fired.[40]
Some of Argel's fame stemmed from his prior surname, which coincided with a form of the English word "fuck". This led to somedouble entendre headlines, including one from Eurosport.com titled "Fucks off to Benfica";[41] this headline received press coverage itself withThe Register calling it "snappy and eye-catching", and football humour site Laugh FC deeming it "one of the all time greats".[42]
In 2020, Argel corrected his surname to "Fuchs", explaining that the previous spelling resulted from a registry error and it was always supposed to have been Fuchs.[3]
| Club | Season | League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | ||
| Internacional | 1993 | Série A | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 1995 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Total | 42 | 3 | ||
| Verdy Kawasaki | 1996 | J1 League | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 32 | 0 | ||
| Santos | 1998 | Série A | 21 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 2 | ||
| Porto | 1999–2000 | Primeira Liga | 5 | 1 |
| Palmeiras | 2000 | Série A | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benfica | 2001–02 | Primeira Liga | 22 | 2 |
| 2002–03 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2004–05 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | 57 | 4 | ||
| Racing Santander | 2004–05 | La Liga | 2 | 0 |
| Cruzeiro | 2005 | Série A | 10 | 0 |
| Canoas | 2006 | Série C | 0 | 0 |
| Hangzhou Greentown | 2007 | Super League | 22 | 1 |
| Career total | 213 | 13 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil[14] | 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Figueirense |  | 24 July 2014 | 13 August 2015 | 68 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 82 | 72 | +10 | 044.12 |
| Internacional | | 14 August 2015 | 10 July 2016 | 60 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 84 | 46 | +38 | 051.67 |
| Figueirense | | 11 July 2016 | 21 August 2016 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 012.50 |
| Vitória | | 12 September 2016 | 1 May 2017 | 42 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 76 | 38 | +38 | 064.29 |
| Goiás | | 19 July 2017 | 25 August 2017 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 025.00 |
| Criciúma | | 22 February 2018 | 9 May 2018 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 035.71 |
| Coritiba | | 17 September 2018 | 15 February 2019 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 033.33 |
| CSA | | 2 July 2019 | 29 November 2019 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 026.92 |
| Ceará | | 29 November 2019 | 9 February 2020 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 012.50 |
| CSA | | 31 August 2020 | 16 September 2020 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Botafogo-SP | | 9 April 2021 | 19 September 2021 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 030.77 |
| Alverca |  | 4 October 2021 | 3 October 2022 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 054.29 |
| Chapecoense | | 21 March 2023 | 29 May 2023 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 022.22 |
| ABC | | 4 September 2023 | 22 November 2023 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 025.00 |
| Caxias-RS | | 19 February 2024 | 27 June 2024 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 030.00 |
| Paraná | | 11 November 2024 | 27 January 2025 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Total | 363 | 148 | 95 | 120 | 453 | 399 | +54 | 040.77 | |||
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