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.
[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.
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.