Vágner Love

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is de Souza.
Vágner Love
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Vágner Love with CSKA Moscow, 2009
Personal information
Full name Vágner Silva de Souza
Date of birth (1984-06-11) 11 June 1984 (age 37)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Kairat
Number 9
Youth career
2001–2003 Palmeiras
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Palmeiras 42 (27)
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 Corinthians 45 (16)
2016 Monaco 12 (4)
2016–2018 Alanyaspor 44 (34)
2018–2019 Beşiktaş 18 (6)
2019–2020 Corinthians 49 (7)
2020– Kairat 31 (14)
National team‡
2003 Brazil U20 6 (4)
2004–2007 Brazil 20 (4)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:09, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:44, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Vágner Silva de Souza (born 11 June 1984), known as Vágner Love, is a Brazilian professional footballer 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 powerful shooting".[3]

The second name Love was given to Vágner while playing for Palmeiras as he was known for his playboy lifestyle.[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 win in the 2005 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[]

Palmeiras[]

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[]

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, eventually subsided, and he mentioned a number of times that he was fully committed to his contract and is looking forward to completing its full tenure.

Vágner Love scored the final goal that sealed CSKA's 3–1 victory in the 2005 UEFA Cup Final over Sporting CP at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon. In addition to winning the UEFA Cup, he has gone on to win the Russian Premier League title and Russian Cup in both 2005 and 2008, as 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 scorer of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, the latter with 11 goals in 8 games.[5]

Return to Palmeiras on loan[]

On 28 August 2009, following a run of poor form for CSKA, Vágner Love was signed by his former club Palmeiras on a one-year loan deal until 31 July 2010.[6] CSKA press spokesman Sergei Aksenov claimed that Vágner Love left Russia due to "urgent family problems demand(ing) his presence at home in Brazil".[7][8]

Vágner Love had a respectable return of 5 goals in 12 games for Palmeiras, but his loan spell was ended prematurely: After publicly stating his concern over his safety at Palmeiras due to off-field altercations with fans, as well as his desire to play for his childhood team Flamengo, the deal was ended early on 14 January 2010.[9]

Antonio Nocerino and Vágner Love

Flamengo[]

On 15 January 2010, the day after his loan was terminated with Palmeiras, Vágner Love officially signed a loan deal with reigning Brazilian champions Flamengo, through till July 2010.[10][11] He made his Flamengo debut 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 squad made supporters start the year with high expectations—it was widely believed that the Serbian's passing and free-kick abilities, coupled with Adriano's and Vagner's prolific scoring, would produce a top team.

However, with Adriano struggling to keep an athlete's body mass index, and Petković's legs growing old (he was already 37 then), the team failed to advance past the quarter-finals in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.[12] Shortly after, Adriano revealed he wanted to try playing in Italy again,[13] and Flamengo could not convince CSKA to extend Vágner Love's loan, thus dismantling the once-promising "Love Empire".[14]

Return to CSKA[]

Love playing 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 one-year absence.[15] On 16 January, he was "re-presented" in Moscow and signed a three-year contract extension.[16] He continued his goal scoring record with CSKA on his return to the club, and propelled the club to the Premier League title in 2013 after a goalless draw with Kuban Krasnodar on 18 May, the club's first league title since 2006.[17]

Shandong Luneng[]

On 24 July 2013, Vágner Love transferred to Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng[18] in a reported €12 million transfer.[19]

Corinthians[]

On 8 February 2015, Vágner Love rescinded his contract with Shandong Luneng and signed with Corinthians in Brazil.[20] 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[]

On 13 January 2016, Ligue 1 club Monaco announced the signing of Vágner Love on an 18-month deal for a €1 million transfer fee.[21] On 20 March, he opened the scoring in an eventual 2–0 win against Paris Saint-Germain, the Parisian club's first home defeat since May 2014.[22]

Alanyaspor[]

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

Beşiktaş[]

On 26 January 2018, Turkish Süper Lig club Beşiktaş reached an agreement with Alanyaspor for the transfer of Love.[25]

Return to Corinthians[]

On 25 January 2019, Love returned to Corinthians on a deal until the end of 2020 after rescinding his contract with Beşiktaş.[26] He rescinded his contract in June 2020.[27]

Kairat[]

On 8 July 2020, Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Kairat announced the signing of Vágner Love on a six-month contract, with the option to extend it.[2] On 3 November 2020, Love scored Kairat's first goal, in a 3-1 win over Ordabasy, to clinch their first Kazakhstan Premier League title since 2004.[28] On 5 November 2020, Kairat extended their contract with Vágner Love until the end of the 2021 season.[29]

International career[]

Vágner Love earned his first call up for the Brazil national football team for the 2004 Copa América, in a squad without the main stars to give them rest after the end of the 2003–04 season.[30] He made his debut as a substitute in the 4–1 win against Costa Rica, which was his single appearance as Brazil went on to win the competition.[31]

He did not make the final 23-man squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Following the tournament, Vágner Love was named in new manager Dunga's first squad for the national team[32] and scored his first goal for the Seleção in the same year, against Wales.[33]

The following year, he was included in Brazil's 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 competition.[34] He played his last match for the national team in that year, against Uruguay. Over the course of his international career, he amassed 20 caps and scored 4 goals.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 19 August 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Palmeiras 2002 Série A 2 0 0 0 – – – – 2 0
2003 Série B 29 19 0 0 – – – – 29 19
2004 Série A 11 8 0 0 – – – – 11 8
Total 42 27 0 0 – – – – 42 27
CSKA Moscow 2004 Russian Premier League 12 9 – 0 0 – 9[a] 4 0[b] 0 21 13
2005 Russian Premier League 21 7 – 7 0 – 14[c] 7 1[d] 0 43 14
2006 Russian Premier League 23 9 – 7 4 – 7[a] 2 1[b] 0 38 15
2007 Russian Premier League 23 13 – 1 0 – 3[a] 3 1[b] 1 28 17
2008 Russian Premier League 26 20 – 1 1 – 6[a] 8 – 33 29
2009 Russian Premier League 13 3 – 3 1 – 4[c] 3 1[b] 0 21 7
2010 Russian Premier League 15 9 – 0 0 – 5[c] 2 0[b] 0 20 11
2011–12 Russian Premier League 25 9 – 5 1 – 9[e] 1 1[b] 0 40 11
Total 158 79 – 24 7 – 57 30 5 1 244 117
Palmeiras (loan) 2009 Série A 12 5 0 0 — — 0[f] 0 — 12 5
Flamengo (loan) 2010 Série A 5 4 14 15 — — 10[f] 4 — 29 23
Flamengo 2012 Série A 36 12 9 7 — — 5[f] 2 — 50 16
CSKA Moscow 2012–13 Russian Premier League 9 5 – 3 1 – 0[c] 0 – 12 6
2013–14 Russian Premier League 2 1 – 0 0 – 0[a] 0 1[b] 0 3 1
Total 11 6 – 3 1 – 0 0 1 0 15 7
Shandong Luneng Taishan 2013 Chinese Super League 10 6 – 0 0 – – – 10 6
2014 Chinese Super League 21 13 – 7 4 – 5[g] 5 – 33 22
Total 31 19 – 7 4 – 5 5 – 43 28
Corinthians 2015 Série A 31 14 14 2 2 0 — 3[f] 0 — 50 16
AS Monaco 2015–16 Ligue 1 12 4 — 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 13 4
Alanyaspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 28 23 – 0 0 – – – 28 23
2017–18 Süper Lig 14 10 – 2 1 – – – 16 11
Total 42 33 – 2 1 – – – 44 34
Beşiktaş 2017–18 Süper Lig 10 3 – 1 0 – 2[a] 1 – 13 4
2018–19 Süper Lig 8 3 – 0 0 – 8[c] 4 – 16 7
Total 18 6 – 1 0 – 10 5 – 29 11
Corinthians 2019 Série A 28 5 15 1 8 1 – 10[h] 4 – 59 11
2020 Série A 0 0 6 1 – – 1[f] 0 – 7 1
Total 28 5 21 2 8 1 – 11 4 – 62 12
Kairat 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League 14 7 — 0 0 — 2[c] 3 — 16 10
2021 Kazakhstan Premier League 17 7 — 1 0 — 7[i] 3 2[j] 0 27 10
Total 31 14 — 1 0 – 9 6 2 0 43 20
Career total 457 228 58 26 49 14 – 110 56 8 1 682 325
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Appearance in Russian Super Cup
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  5. ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Appearance in Copa Libertadores
  7. ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
  8. ^ Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  9. ^ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance and two goals in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  10. ^ Appearances in the Kazakhstan Super Cup

International[]

Updated 1 April 2009[35][36][37]
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2004 1 0
2005 0 0
2006 3 1
2007 16 3
Total 20 4

International goals[]

Scores and results table. Brazil's goal tally first:

Honours[]

Vágner after winning the 2013 Russian Super Cup with CSKA

Club[]

Palmeiras

CSKA Moscow

Shandong Luneng

  • Chinese FA Cup: 2014[50]

Corinthians

Kairat

  • Kazakhstan Premier League: 2020[28]

International[]

Brazil

Individual[]

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