Vágner Love
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Vágner Silva de Souza | ||
| Date of birth | 11 June 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Flamengo | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2004 | Palmeiras[2] | 42 | (27) |
| 2004–2012 | CSKA Moscow[2] | 158 | (79) |
| 2009 | → Palmeiras (loan)[2] | 12 | (5) |
| 2010 | → Flamengo (loan) | 5 | (4) |
| 2012– | Flamengo | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Brazil U20 | 5 | (4) |
| 2004–2007 | Brazil | 21 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:11, 8 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Vágner Silva de Souza (born 11 June 1984 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), commonly known as Vágner Love, is a Brazilian football striker who plays for Flamengo.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Palmeiras
Vágner Love started his career with Palmeiras. In the 2003 season he helped them to return to the Brazilian Série A, the national First division.
[edit] CSKA Moscow
He was then bought by CSKA Moscow.In the summer of 2004, prior to their Champions League campaign. For over a year after his arrival at CSKA Moscow, rumours kept appearing that he did not want to stay in Moscow, and a transfer to Corinthians in particular was hinted at numerous times. However, these rumours subsided and Vágner mentioned a number of times that he was fully committed to his contract and is looking forward to completing its full tenure.
He scored the final goal that sealed CSKA's 3–1 victory in the 2005 UEFA Cup Final over Sporting Clube de Portugal at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon. Additionally to this UEFA Cup final, he has gone on to win the Russian Premier League title and Russian Cup in 2005, 2008, and the Russian Super Cup in 2006.
He became the top scorer in the Russian Premier League 2008, and the top scorer of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, with 11 goals in eight games.[3]
[edit] Return to Palmeiras
On 28 August 2009, following a run of poor form for CSKA Moscow, Vágner Love was signed by his former club Palmeiras on a one-year loan deal until 31 July 2010.[4] CSKA press spokesman Sergei Aksenov claimed that Vágner Love left Russia due to "urgent family problems demand(ing) his presence at home in Brazil".[5][6]
Love had a respectable return of 5 goals in 12 games for Palmeiras, but the loan spell was to be short lived. After publicly stating his concern over his safety at Palmeiras due to off-field altercations with fans, as well as his desire to play for his childhood team Flamengo, Vágner Love's loan contract with Palmeiras was ended early on 14 January 2010.[7]
[edit] Flamengo
On 15 January 2010, the day after his loan was terminated with Palmeiras, Love officially signed a loan deal with reigning Brazilian champions Flamengo lasting until July 2010.[8][9] He made his Flamengo debut against Bangu in the Campeonato Carioca on 23 January 2010, scoring 2 goals.
[edit] Return to CSKA
In the debut match, after Love's return to CSKA, on 1 August 2010 he scored in injury time to give CSKA the 2–1 win against Moscow rivals Spartak.
[edit] Return to Flamengo
On 25 January 2012, Love officially signed his transfer to Flamengo for approximately $10 Million and that's where he will play until 2014.
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] Club career
Correct as of 27 November 2011
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other[10] | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Palmeiras | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 19 | |||
| 2004 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 8 | |||
| Total | 42 | 27 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 42 | 27 | |||
| CSKA Moscow | 2004 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | – | 21 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 17 | |
| 2008 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | – | 33 | 29 | ||
| 2009 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 11 | |
| Total | 158 | 79 | 24 | 7 | 55 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 241 | 117 | |
| Palmeiras | 2009 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 5 | ||
| Flamengo | 2010 | 5 | 4 | – | 10 | 4 | 141 | 151 | 29 | 23 | |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 02 | 02 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 217 | 115 | 24 | 7 | 65 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 324 | 172 | |
- 1 Including 14 matches and 15 goals in 2010 Rio de Janeiro State League.
[edit] International career
Vágner Love is also member of the Brazilian national team and has played 21 games for the Seleção.[11]
[edit] International stats
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[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
- Brazilian Série B: 2003
- Russian Premier League: 2005, 2006
- Russian Cup: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011
- Russian Super Cup: 2006, 2007, 2009
- UEFA Cup: 2005
[edit] International
- Copa America: 2004, 2007
- Pan American Games: 2003 runner-up
[edit] Individual
- Brazilian 2nd Division Top Scorer: 2003
- Pan American Games Top Scorer: 2003
- Campeonato Paulista Top Scorer: 2004
- Russian Premier League Top Scorer: 2008
- Campeonato Carioca Top Scorer: 2010
- UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 2009
- Russian Footballer of the Year: 2008
- Member of Grigory Fedotov club
[edit] References
- ^ "Vagner Love(Wagner Sevgi) Official Profile". http://pfc-cska.com/team/players/?id=52&lang=eng.
- ^ a b c Vágner Love at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "2008/09 UEFA Cup scorers table". ESPN. 16 May 2009. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/origin?cameFrom=stats/topscorers%3Fleague%3Duefa.uefa%26year%3D2008%26. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ^ "CSKA loan Vagner to Palmeiras". Soccerway.com. 28 August 2009. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/August/28/cska-loan-vagner-to-palmeiras/. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ Reuters (28 August 2009). "CSKA loan Vagner Love to Palmeiras". ESPN. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=671619&sec=global&cc=5739. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "CSKA loan Vagner to Palmeiras". Fifa.com. 28 August 2009. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1095682.html. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "Nota Oficial: Palmeiras faz acordo com Vagner Love e atleta é liberado [Vagner Love is released]" (in Portuguese). palmeiras.com.br. 14 January 2010. http://www.palmeiras.com.br/noticias/2010/01/14as18h22-id1625-nota+oficial+palmeiras+faz+acordo+com+vagner+love+e+atleta+e+liberado.shtml.
- ^ "ТРАНСФЕРНЫЕ НОВОСТИ [Transfer News: Vagner Love loan to Flamengo]" (in Russian). pfc-cska.com. 15 January 2010. http://www.pfc-cska.com/press.php?lg=ru&type=1&id=5382&d=&p=1.
- ^ "chegada de Vagner Love [Arrival of Vagner Love]" (in Portuguese). flamengo.com.br. 15 January 2010. http://www.flamengo.com.br/site/noticias/noticia.php?id=7869.
- ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Russian Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup, FIFA Club World Cup
- ^ "Vagner Love verlässt Wolfsburg-Gegner ZSKA Moskau". Transfermarkt.de. http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/30855/vagner-love-verlaesst-wolfsburg-gegner-zska-moskau.html. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2004–2005". Rsssfbrasil.com. http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil200405.htm. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2006–2007". Rsssfbrasil.com. http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil200607.htm. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 2000–2003". Rsssfbrasil.com. http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil200003r.htm. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
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- Brazilian footballers
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- Brazil international footballers
- PFC CSKA Moscow players
- Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players
- Clube de Regatas do Flamengo players
- 2004 Copa América players
- 2007 Copa América players
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Russian Premier League players
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- People from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Brazilian people of Black African descent
- 1984 births
- Living people
