Wágner (footballer, born 1985)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wágner Ferreira dos Santos | ||
Date of birth | 29 January 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Sete Lagoas, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2001 | América-MG | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2004 | América-MG | 124 | (16) |
2004–2009 | Cruzeiro | 217 | (36) |
2007 | → Al-Ittihad[1] | 25 | (9) |
2009–2011 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 21 | (3) |
2011 | Gaziantepspor | 26 | (3) |
2012–2015 | Fluminense | 102 | (13) |
2015–2017 | Tianjin Teda | 20 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Vasco da Gama | 55 | (7) |
2018–2019 | Al-Khor | 24 | (8) |
International career | |||
Brazil U20 | 2 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:20, 6 July 2020 (UTC) |
Wágner Ferreira dos Santos (born 29 January 1985 in Sete Lagoas), commonly known as Wágner, is a Brazilian football player.
Career
Club career
He started his career at América Mineiro, where he shone along with Fred, an international Brazilian player, who, coincidentally, is again Wagner's colleague in Fluminense FC.[2] Wágner went on to play for Cruzeiro, another team from Belo Horizonte. Cruzeiro sold Wágner to Al-Ittihad after a transfer fee of around €9 million on January 2007, but a clause in his contract allowed him to come back to Cruzeiro in June 2007 after Al-Ittihad could not finish paying his transfer fee. He was important in Al-Ittihad's championship run. On 7 August 2009 Championat.ru confirmed that Lokomotiv Moscow had acquired the Brazilian player, for 6 million euros. Three days later this move was confirmed by Nikolay Naumov, president of Lokomotiv.
On 17 January 2011 he signed for Gaziantepspor for €3 million.[3]
After a feud with Gaziantepspor manager Abdullah Ercan, Wágner's contract was terminated by a mutual agreement.[4]
Attributes
Wagner is a left footed offensive midfielder and striker, but is also working on using his right foot. Despite playing all of the 2006 season as an offensive midfielder, he led the Campeonato Brasileiro, in its early stages, with eight goals in ten games. He is a free-kick specialist, scoring a majority of his goals through free-kicks.
National
He has played for the Brazil U17 and U21 squad.
He was also called up for the Brazil national team for a friendly in 2006, following the World Cup in Germany, by coach Dunga, but never played; the game finished Brazil 1-1 Norway. He was also placed in standby lists for the 2007 Copa América and the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Honours
- Cruzeiro
- Campeonato Mineiro: 2006, 2008, 2009
- Fluminense
Personal honours
- Bola de Prata Brasileira (Placar): 2006, 2008
References and notes
External links
- Wágner at Soccerway
- Wágner at Sambafoot (archived)
- CBF[permanent dead link] (in Portuguese) [dead link]
- Use dmy dates from June 2011
- Living people
- 1985 births
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- América Futebol Clube (MG) players
- Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
- Ittihad FC players
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
- Gaziantepspor footballers
- Fluminense FC players
- Tianjin Teda F.C. players
- CR Vasco da Gama players
- Al-Khor SC players
- Saudi Professional League players
- Qatar Stars League players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Russian Premier League players
- Süper Lig players
- Chinese Super League players
- Association football midfielders
- Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Expatriate footballers in Qatar
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar