[7] The following season, Arthur returned again to play for Londrina in the 2015 Campeonato Paranaense, but could only help them to a third place finish after getting knocked out at the semi-final stage by former club Coritiba.
With Santa Cruz, Arthur won the 2016 Copa do Nordeste, where he scored the winning goal in the second leg of the final against Campinense, equalising to make it 1–1 and 3–2 on aggregate.
[11] In 2017, following the 2016 plane crash in which the majority of the first-team squad of Chapecoense died, Arthur was one of the many players that moved on loan to the club for the 2017 season.
[13] Arthur was then signed on a permanent basis and was contracted until 2021,[14] although after only making 23 appearances in 2018 he was sold to Saudi Arabian club Al Shabab for the 2018–19 season.
[15][16] He went on to only make 15 appearances for Al Shabab, scoring six goals, before moving back to Brazil in 2019 to join Bahia on loan.
[20] Despite the J1 League season beginning in February, due to the COVID-19 pandemic Arthur was only allowed to enter Japan on 8 April and after training in isolation for a number of weeks it wasn't until 19 May that he made his debut for Kashima in a 0–0 J.League Cup draw with Consadole Sapporo.
Arthur played a key part in Kashima's fourth place finish in the 2022 J1 League season, with the second most goals and the third most assists in the team across all competitions.