Vágner Love

Vágner Love
Vágner Love with CSKA Moscow, 2009
Personal information
Full name Vágner Silva de Souza
Date of birth (1984-06-11) 11 June 1984
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Atlético Goianiense
Number 9
Youth career
2001–2003 Palmeiras
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Palmeiras 56 (39)
2004–2011 CSKA Moscow 158 (79)
2009 → Palmeiras (loan) 12 (5)
2010 → Flamengo (loan) 19 (19)
2012–2013 Flamengo 45 (19)
2013 CSKA Moscow 14 (6)
2013–2015 Shandong Luneng 31 (19)
2015–2016 Corinthians 45 (16)
2016 Monaco 12 (4)
2016–2018 Alanyaspor 44 (34)
2018–2019 Beşiktaş 18 (6)
2019–2020 Corinthians 49 (7)
2020–2021 Kairat 36 (14)
2022 Midtjylland 9 (1)
2022–2023 Sport 62 (23)
2024– Atlético Goianiense 9 (3)
International career‡
2003 Brazil U20 6 (4)
2004–2007 Brazil 20 (4)
Medal record
Men's football
 Brazil
Copa América
Winner2004 Peru
Winner2007 Venezuela
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:44, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 September 2015

Vágner Silva de Souza (born 11 June 1984), known as Vágner Love, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Série A club Atlético Goianiense.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 February 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Palmeiras 2002 Série A 2000–––20
2003 Série B 29192012–1[a]13322
2004 Série A 118121276––3026
Total 4227141288–116548
CSKA Moscow 2004 Russian Premier League 129–009[b]40[c]02113
2005 217–7014[d]71[e]04314
2006 239–747[b]21[c]03815
2007 2313–103[b]31[c]12817
2008 2620–116[b]8–3329
2009 133–314[d]31[c]0217
2010 159–005[d]20[c]02011
2011–12 259–519[f]11[c]04011
Total 15879–247573051244117
Palmeiras (loan) 2009 Série A 12500—0[g]0—125
Flamengo (loan) 2010 541415—10[g]4—2923
Flamengo 2012 3613109—5[g]2—5124
CSKA Moscow 2012–13 Russian Premier League 95–310[d]0–126
2013–14 21–000[b]01[c]031
Total 116–310010157
Shandong Luneng Taishan 2013 Chinese Super League 106–00––106
2014 2113–745[h]5–3322
Total 3119–7455–4328
Corinthians 2015 Série A 3114142203[g]0—5016
Monaco 2015–16 Ligue 1 124—1000—134
Alanyaspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 2823–00––2823
2017–18 1410–21––1611
Total 4233–21––4434
Beşiktaş 2017–18 Süper Lig 103–102[b]1–134
2018–19 83–008[d]4–167
Total 186–10105–2911
Corinthians 2019 Série A 2851518110[i]4–5911
2020 0061–1[g]0–71
Total 28521281114–6212
Kairat 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League 147—002[d]3—1610
2021 227—6512[j]52[k]04217
Total 3614—65148205827
Midtjylland 2021–22 Danish Superliga 91—0000—91
Sport Recife 2022 Série B 177————177
2023 331112532—11[l]55923
Atlético Goianiense 2024 Série A 00930000—93
Career total 5212489448652912060156815391
  1. ↑ Appearances in Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearance in Russian Super Cup
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  6. ↑ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance in Copa Libertadores
  8. ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League
  9. ↑ Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  10. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances and four goals in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  11. ↑ Appearances in Kazakhstan Super Cup
  12. ↑ Appearances in Copa do Nordeste

International

As of 1 April 2009[2][3][4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil 200410
200500
200631
2007163
Total204
Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vágner Love goal.
List of international goals scored by Vágner Love
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
15 September 2006White Hart Lane, London, England Wales1–02–0Friendly
227 March 2007Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden Ghana1–01–0Friendly
37 July 2007Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela Chile6–16–12007 Copa América
417 October 2007Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ecuador1–05–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Vágner Love after winning the 2013 Russian Super Cup with CSKA

Palmeiras

CSKA Moscow

Shandong Luneng

  • Chinese FA Cup: 2014[17]

Corinthians

Kairat

  • Kazakhstan Premier League: 2020[19]
  • Kazakhstan Cup: 2021[20]

Sport

  • Campeonato Pernambucano: 2023

Brazil

Individual

References

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  3. ↑ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2006–2007". Rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 2000–2003". Rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Brazil Second Level 2003". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Vágner Love is never too old for an adventure". Babagoal. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "CSKA MOSKVA VS. SPARTAK MOSKVA 3 – 0". Soccerway. 19 May 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Rambler-Кубок России по футболу 2007/2008, Финал, № 31". Premier Liga (in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
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  16. ↑ "SPORTING-CSKA MOSCOVO, 1–3 (Rogério 28; Aleksei Berezoutski 56, Zhirkov 65, Vágner Love 74)" [SPORTING-CSKA MOSCOW, 1–3 (Rogério 28; Aleksei Berezoutski 56, Zhirkov 65, Vágner Love 74)]. Record. 18 May 2005. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
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  30. ↑ "Vágner Love named Player of the Month". Championat.com. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  31. ↑ "Vágner Love named Player of the Month". Championat.com. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  32. ↑ "Turkey – List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  33. ↑ "Ligin Gol Kralları". tff.org (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 23 February 2019.