Wagner Ferreira dos Santos

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Wágner
Personal information
Full name Wágner Ferreira dos Santos
Date of birth January 29, 1985 (1985-01-29) (age 23)
Place of birth    Sete Lagoas, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club Cruzeiro
Number 10
Youth clubs
2001 América-MG
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002-2004
2004-2006
2007
2007
América-MG
Cruzeiro
Al-Ittihad
Cruzeiro
- (-)
115 (18)
16 (6)
   
National team2
2006– Brazil 0 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 1 June 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 24 January 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Wágner Ferreira dos Santos, "Wágner" (born 29 January 1985 in Sete Lagoas) is a Brazilian football player. He currently plays for Cruzeiro.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Club

He is a left footed offensive midfielder and striker, but is also working on using his right foot too. Despite playing all of the 2006 season as an offensive midfielder, he led the Campeonato Brasileiro, in its early stages, with 8 goals in 10 games. He is a free-kick specialist, scoring a majority of his goals through free-kicks.

He started his career at América Mineiro and went on to play for Cruzeiro, another team from Belo Horizonte. Cruzeiro sold Wágner to Al-Ittihad after a transfer fee of around 9 million on January 2007, but a clause in his contract allowed him to come back to Cruzeiro in June 2007 after Al-Ittihad could not finish paying his transfer fee. He was important in Al-Ittihad's championship run.

[edit] National

He has played for the Brazil U17 and U21 squad. He was also called up for the Brazil national team for a friendly but never played.[1]

[edit] Honours

  • Copa do Mundo (Sub 17): 2002
  • Campeonato Mineiro: 2006
  • Torneio Octogonal do Chile: 2005

[edit] Personal Honours

  • Bola de Prata Brasileira (Placar): 2006

[edit] Contract

  • 11th June 2006 to 10th June 2009

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