Vágner Kaetano Pereira
Pula celebrating a goal for Russia in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vágner Kaetano Pereira | ||
Date of birth | 2 December 1980 | ||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Playing position | Pivot | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Moskva | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2004 | Carlos Barbosa | ||
2004–06 | Arbat | ||
2006– | Dinamo Moskva | ||
National team | |||
2008–2014 | Russia | 52 | (47) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Vágner Kaetano Pereira, aka Pula (Russian Cyrillic: Пула) (born 2 December 1980) is a Brazilian-born Russian futsal player who plays for MFK Dinamo Moskva and Russian national futsal team as a pivot.
He played for Russia at the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in his homeland, Brazil, and ended the tournament as top scorer with 18 goals, the first on 2 October in a 10–5 win over Cuba.[1] Nine of them came in a 31–2 group win over the Solomon Islands, the most by a player in the World Cup and biggest win by a team.[2] He then scored the sixth in a 9–1 win over Japan.[3] In the second match of the second group phase, he scored a hat-trick as Russia beat Paraguay 5–4.[4] Pula scored a goal against Brazil but lost 4–2.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4571
- ↑ http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4575
- ↑ http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4577
- ↑ http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4778
- ↑ http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4786