 On 28 November, he took over fellow top-tier side Ceará Sporting Club in the place of fired Adílson Batista, but was dismissed the following 9 February.Some of Argel's fame stemmed from his surname, which coincided with a form of the English word "fuck".This led to some double entendre headlines, including one from Eurosport.com titled "Fucks off to Benfica".