brazilian football player

Silva and the second or paternal family name is de Souza. In this portuguese name, the inaugural or maternal family name isand the second or parental family name is Vágner Silva de Souza ( hold 11 June 1984 ), known as Vágner Love, is a brazilian professional football player who plays as a striker for Kazakhstan Premier League team Kairat. [ 2 ] He is a forward who has been described by World Soccer Magazine as possessing “ mobility, flair, awareness and herculean shoot ”. [ 3 ]

The second name Love was given to Vágner while playing for Palmeiras as he was known for his playboy life style. [ 4 ] Over two spells, Vágner Love scored 117 goals across 241 official games in eight seasons at CSKA Moscow. He won 14 honours in the russian capital, scoring in their gain in the 2005 UEFA Cup Final to become the youngest actor to score in a UEFA Cup final. Vágner Love scored four goals in 20 games for the Brazil national team, winning the Copa América in 2004 and 2007 .

Club career [edit ]

Palmeiras [edit ]

Vágner Love started his career with Palmeiras. In the 2003 season, he helped them to return to the Série A, the nation ‘s top-flight division .

CSKA Moscow [edit ]

In the summer of 2004, Vágner Love was bought by Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow. For over a year after his arrival, rumours kept appearing that he did not want to stay in Moscow, and a transfer to Corinthians in particular was hinted at numerous times. These rumours, however, finally subsided, and he mentioned a number of times that he was amply committed to his narrow and is looking forward to completing its full moon tenure. On 18 May 2005, at the senesce of 20 years, 341 days, Vágner Love scored the final goal in CSKA ‘s 3–1 victory over Sporting CP in the 2005 UEFA Cup Final at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, making him the youngest player to score in a UEFA Cup final examination. [ 5 ] In summation to winning the UEFA Cup, he has gone on to win the russian Premier League championship and russian Cup in both 2005 and 2008, vitamin a well as the Russian Super Cup in 2006. Vágner Love became the top scorer in the 2008 season ( the first top scorer from outside the former Soviet Union ) and the top scorekeeper of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, the latter with 11 goals in 8 games. [ 6 ]

reelect to Palmeiras on lend [edit ]

On 28 August 2009, following a run of poor form for CSKA, Vágner Love was signed by his former cabaret Palmeiras on a annual lend hand until 31 July 2010. [ 7 ] CSKA weigh spokesman Sergei Aksenov claimed that Vágner Love left Russia due to “ pressing class problems demand ( ing ) his presence at home in Brazil ”. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Vágner Love had a respectable render of 5 goals in 12 games for Palmeiras, but his loan spell was ended prematurely : After publicly stating his business over his base hit at Palmeiras ascribable to off-field altercations with fans, a well as his hope to play for his childhood team Flamengo, the manage was ended early on 14 January 2010. [ 10 ]

Flamengo [edit ]

On 15 January 2010, the day after his lend was terminated with Palmeiras, Vágner Love formally signed a loan deal with reigning brazilian champions Flamengo, through till July 2010. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] He made his Flamengo introduction against Bangu in the Campeonato Carioca on 23 January 2010, scoring two goals. Vágner Love performed very well playing for Flamengo, scoring 23 goals in 26 matches. His successful strike partnership with Adriano was dubbed by fans as “ Império do Amor ”, or “ The Love Empire ”, in reference to Adriano ‘s nickname “ The Emperor ” and Vágner Love ‘s artistic surname. The presence of midfielder Dejan Petković in Flamengo ‘s police squad made supporters start the year with high expectations—it was wide believed that the Serbian ‘s passing and free-kick abilities, coupled with Adriano ‘s and Vagner ‘s prolific score, would produce a top team. however, with Adriano struggling to keep an athlete ‘s soundbox mass index, and Petković ‘s stage growing old ( he was already 37 then ), the team failed to advance past the quarter-finals in the 2010 Copa Libertadores. [ 13 ] shortly after, Adriano revealed he wanted to try play in Italy again, [ 14 ] and Flamengo could not convince CSKA to extend Vágner Love ‘s lend, frankincense dismantling the once-promising “ Love Empire ”. [ 15 ]

revert to CSKA [edit ]

Love play for CSKA After a change of presidency, on 12 January 2013, Flamengo did not pay his pendencies of rights with CSKA, and Vágner Love had to leave the club, returning to Russia after a annual absence. [ 16 ] On 16 January, he was “ re-presented ” in Moscow and signed a three-year abridge propagation. [ 17 ] He continued his goal score record with CSKA on his return to the cabaret, and propelled the club to the Premier League championship in 2013 after a scoreless pull with Kuban Krasnodar on 18 May, the club ‘s first league title since 2006. [ 18 ]

Shandong Luneng [edit ]

On 24 July 2013, Vágner Love transferred to chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng [ 19 ] in a reported €12 million transfer. [ 20 ]

Corinthians [edit ]

On 8 February 2015, Vágner Love rescinded his sign with Shandong Luneng and signed with Corinthians in Brazil. [ 21 ] He went on to become the top scorer of the club during the national championship as Corinthians went on to win the Série A that year.

monaco [edit ]

On 13 January 2016, Ligue 1 club Monaco announced the sign of Vágner Love on an 18-month share for a €1 million transfer fee. [ 22 ] On 20 March, he opened the score in an eventual 2–0 succeed against Paris Saint-Germain, the Parisian baseball club ‘s first dwelling frustration since May 2014. [ 23 ]

Alanyaspor [edit ]

On 30 August 2016, Turkish Süper Lig baseball club Alanyaspor reached an agreement with Monaco for the transfer of Love. [ 24 ] On 31 August 2016, he was formally presented after passed the medical. [ 25 ] Having failed to score in his first seven appearances for the golf club, Love scored 23 goals in 20 matches that followed to earn the Golden Boot award. [ citation needed ]

Beşiktaş [edit ]

On 26 January 2018, Turkish Süper Lig baseball club Beşiktaş reached an agreement with Alanyaspor for the transfer of Love. [ 26 ]

tax return to Corinthians [edit ]

On 25 January 2019, Love returned to Corinthians on a manage until the end of 2020 after rescinding his shrink with Beşiktaş. [ 27 ] He rescinded his contract in June 2020. [ 28 ]

Kairat [edit ]

On 8 July 2020, Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Kairat announced the bless of Vágner Love on a six-month contract, with the option to extend it. [ 2 ] On 3 November 2020, Love scored Kairat ‘s inaugural goal, in a 3-1 succeed over Ordabasy, to clinch their foremost Kazakhstan Premier League claim since 2004. [ 29 ] On 5 November 2020, Kairat extended their contract with Vágner Love until the end of the 2021 season. [ 30 ]

International career [edit ]

Vágner Love earned his first call up for the Brazil national football team for the 2004 Copa América, in a squad without the independent stars to give them rest after the end of the 2003–04 season. [ 31 ] He made his debut as a ersatz in the 4–1 win against Costa Rica, which was his unmarried appearance as Brazil went on to win the contest. [ 32 ] He did not make the concluding 23-man police squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Following the tournament, Vágner Love was named in new coach Dunga ‘s first team for the national team [ 33 ] and scored his first goal for the Seleção in the lapp year, against Wales. [ 34 ] The following year, he was included in Brazil ‘s police squad for the 2007 Copa América. On 7 July 2007, he scored the final goal in a 6–1 win against Chile in the quarter-finals of the contest. [ 35 ] He played his last pit for the national team in that year, against Uruguay. Over the course of his external career, he amassed 20 caps and scored 4 goals .

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 28 November 2021

International [edit ]

Updated 1 April 2009[36][37][38]
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2004 1 0
2005 0 0
2006 3 1
2007 16 3
Total 20 4
Scores and results table. Brazil’s goal tally first:

Honours [edit ]

club [edit ]

Palmeiras
CSKA Moscow
Shandong Luneng
Corinthians
Kairat

International [edit ]

Brazil

individual [edit ]

References [edit ]