Pula (futsal)

Pula
	Pula celebrating a goal for Russia in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Vágner Kaetano Pereira
Date of birth	2 December 1980 (age 41)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Pivot
Club information
Current team	Sorocaba
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2004	Carlos Barbosa
2004–2006	Arbat
2006–2016	Dinamo Moskva
2016–2017	KPRF
2017–2018
2018–	Sorocaba
National team
2008–2014	Russia
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Vágner Kaetano Pereira, a.k.a. Pula (Russian Cyrillic: Пула; born 2 December 1980) is a Brazilian-born Russian futsal player who plays for 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[]

External links[]

Pula at uefa.com

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[1] ttp://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4571

[2] ttp://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4575

[3] ttp://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4577

[4] ttp://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4778

[5] ttp://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4786

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