Vágner Love 794885 226044731 2008-07-16T16:07:35Z 86.137.89.56 {{Football player infobox | playername = Vágner Love | image = | fullname = Vágner Silva de Souza | height = {{Height|m=1.71}} | dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1984|6|11}} | cityofbirth = [[Rio de Janeiro]] | countryofbirth = [[Brazil]] | currentclub = [[CSKA Moscow]] | clubnumber = 9 | position = [[Striker]] | years = 2002-2004<br />2004- | clubs = [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]<br />[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] | caps(goals) = 20 (11)<br />88 (44) | nationalyears = 2002-2003<br />2003- | nationalteam = [[Brazil national under-20 football team|Brazil U20]]<br />[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] | nationalcaps(goals) = {{0}}5 {{0}}(4)<br />20 {{0}}(8) | pcupdate = June 23, 2008 | ntupdate = 12:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC) }} '''Vágner Love''', real name '''Vágner Silva de Souza''', (born [[June 11]], [[1984]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]]) is a [[Brazil]]ian [[football (soccer)|football]] [[striker]] who currently plays for [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]. He has been described by former [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] coach as a 'skillful and agile forward with outstanding pace'. ==Club career== Vágner started his career with [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]], being a great aid in the 2003 season to help them return to the [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Brazilian Série A]], the national first division. He was bought by [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] in the summer of 2004, prior to their [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] campaign, for an estimated 4 million pounds. For over a year after his arrival at CSKA, rumors kept appearing that he did not want to stay in Moscow, and a transfer to [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]] in particular was hinted at numerous times. However these rumors 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. As of [[April 17]], he has scored 29 goals in 73 games, 17 of them in 38 [[Russian Premier League|Russian Premiership]] games. He scored the final goal that sealed CSKA's 3-1 victory in the 2005 [[UEFA Cup]] final over [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting Lisbon]] on [[Estádio José Alvalade|Sporting's home ground]] in [[Lisbon]]. Additionally to this [[UEFA Cup]] final, he has gone on to win the [[Russian Premier League]] title and [[Russian Cup]] in 2005, and the [[Russian Super Cup]] in 2006. More recently Vagner scored a superb hatrick against [[Spartak Moscow]] on July 12, 2008 ==Honours== ===Individual=== * [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série B#Top_scorers|Brazilian 2nd Division League Top Scorer]]: [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2003|2003]] ===Team=== * [[UEFA Cup]]: 2005 * [[Russian Premier League]]: 2005, 2006 ===Brazil=== *[[Copa América]]: 2004, 2007 {{Brazil Squad 2004 Copa América}} {{Brazil Squad 2007 Copa América}} {{CSKA Moscow squad}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vagner Love}} [[Category:1984 births]] [[Category:Brazilian footballers]] [[Category:Brazilian expatriate footballers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Brazilians of Black African descent]] [[Category:PFC CSKA Moscow players]] [[Category:Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players]] [[Category:Football (soccer) strikers]] [[Category:Brazil international footballers]] [[Category:2004 Copa América players]] [[Category:2007 Copa América players]] [[Category:People from Rio de Janeiro (city)]] [[Category:Expatriate footballers in Russia]] [[Category:Russian Premier League players]] [[ar:فاغنر لوف]] [[ca:Vágner Love]] [[de:Vágner Love]] [[fr:Vágner Silva Nascimento]] [[it:Vágner Love]] [[lt:Vágner Love]] [[hu:Vágner Love]] [[nl:Vágner Love]] [[ja:ヴァグネル・ラヴ]] [[pl:Vágner Love]] [[pt:Vágner Silva Nascimento]] [[ru:Вагнер Лав]] [[tr:Vágner Love]]