[1] His first club was Sporting Clube da Praia in his native country, he would lead to win the 1998 regionals.
With the club, Vargas Fernandes reached in the second tier Segunda Liga, but released him due to financial problems.
In 2009, he became the first Capeverdean to play with an Azeri club, Standard Sumgayit, early in the season, Valdas Ivanauskas was coach.
After the end of the season, the club was eleventh and was relegated into the national Second Division, he scored not a single goal there.
During that time, his achievement was the 2012 national championships, the club's ninth and recent title.