Vagner Gonçalves (Cape Verdean footballer)
_12.jpg) Vagner in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vagner José Dias Gonçalves | ||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Mindelo, Cape Verde | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Metz | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2015 | Gil Vicente | ||
| 2016–2017 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Gil Vicente | 25 | (2) |
| 2017–2020 | Saint-Étienne II | 25 | (11) |
| 2017–2020 | Saint-Étienne | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Nancy (loan) | 18 | (6) |
| 2019–2020 | → Nancy (loan) | 15 | (7) |
| 2020– | Metz | 29 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | → Sion (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Cape Verde | 3 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:18, 24 August 2020 (UTC) | |||
Vagner José Dias Gonçalves (born 10 January 1996), simply Vagner, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a forward for French club FC Metz and the Cape Verde national team.
Club career
On 13 January 2015, Vagner made his professional debut with Gil Vicente in a 2014–15 Taça da Liga match against Estoril Praia.[1]
In July 2020, Vagner joined Ligue 1 side Metz from Saint-Étienne after playing for Nancy in Ligue 2 from January 2019. He signed a four-year contract while Saint-Étienne reportedly received a transfer fee of €3 million plus bonuses.[2]
On 29 August 2021, he joined FC Sion in Switzerland on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[3]
International career
Vagner made his professional for the Cape Verde national football team in a friendly 3–2 win over Algeria on 1 June 2019.[4]
He was named in the roster for the 2021 Africa cup of nations when the team reached the round of 16 [5]
International goals
- Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vagner goal.[6]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 October 2019 | Stade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer, France |  Togo |
2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
References
- ^ "Estoril Praia 3-0 Gil Vicente". ForaDeJogo. 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Transferts : Vagner Dias (Saint-Etienne) signe quatre ans à Metz". L'Équipe (in French). 2 July 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Vagner Dias prêté au FC Sion !" (in French). Sion. 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Amical - Le Cap-Vert de Vagner Dias Gonçalves et Kenny Rocha Santos surprend l'Algérie". madeinsaint-etienne.com.
- ^ "Vagner Dias chamado à seleção de Cabo Verde para render Djaniny" [Vagner Dias called to the Cape Verde national team to replace Djaniny]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Vagner Gonçalves". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
External links
- Vagner at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Vagner at Soccerway
- Stats and profile at LPFP (in Portuguese)
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- People from Mindelo
- Association football forwards
- Cape Verdean footballers
- Cape Verdean expatriate footballers
- Cape Verde international footballers
- Gil Vicente F.C. players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- AS Nancy Lorraine players
- FC Metz players
- FC Sion players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Cape Verdean football biography stubs