Vágner Love

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Vágner Love, real name Vágner Silva de Souza, (born June 11, 1984 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian football striker who currently plays for CSKA Moscow. He has been described by former Palmeiras coach as a 'skillful and agile forward with outstanding pace'.

[edit] Club career

Vágner started his career with Palmeiras, being a great aid in the 2003 season to help them return to the Brazilian Série A, the national first division. He was bought by CSKA Moscow in the summer of 2004, prior to their 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 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 Premiership games. He scored the final goal that sealed CSKA's 3-1 victory in the 2005 UEFA Cup final over Sporting Lisbon on 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.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Individual

• Brazilian 2nd Division League Top Scorer: 2003

[edit] Team

• UEFA Cup: 2005
• Russian Premier League: 2005, 2006

[edit] Brazil

• Copa América: 2007

v • d • e Brazil squad - Copa América 2004 Winners (7th title) 1 Julio Cesar • 2 Mancini • 3 Luisão • 4 Juan • 5 Renato • 6 G. Nery • 7 Adriano • 8 Kléberson • 9 L. Fabiano • 10 Alex • 11 Edu • 12 Fábio • 13 Maicon • 14 Bordon • 15 Cris • 16 Dudu • 17 Adriano C. • 18 Baptista • 19 Diego • 20 Felipe • 21 R. Oliveira • 22 Vágner Love • Coach: Parreira

v • d • e Brazil squad - Copa América 2007 Winners (8th Title) 1 Helton • 2 Maicon • 3 Alex • 4 Juan • 5 Mineiro • 6 Gilberto • 7 Elano • 8 Gilberto Silva • 9 Vágner Love • 10 Diego • 11 Robinho • 12 Doni • 13 Daniel Alves • 14 Alex Silva • 15 Naldo • 16 Kléber • 17 Josué • 18 Fernando • 19 Júlio Baptista • 20 Anderson • 21 Afonso Alves • 22 Fred • Coach: Dunga