Arthuro

Brazilian footballer (born 1982)

Arthuro
Personal information
Full name	Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt
Date of birth	(1982-08-27) 27 August 1982 (age 41)
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

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

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

^ Player lay-offs no cause for alarm – agent; The Independent, 2 June 2003
^ Arthuro, duodécimo fichaje (Arthuro, twelfth signing); Mundo Deportivo, 22 July 2005 (in Spanish)
^ Arthuro, quinto de Córdoba (Arthuro, fifth at Córdoba); Mundo Deportivo, 25 July 2007 (in Spanish)
^ Steaua sever ties with Latin duo; UEFA, 9 December 2008
^ 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)
^ 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)
^ Johor on samba path; New Straits Times, 8 February 2012
^ 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