Wagner Lopes

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Wagner Lopes
Full name	Wágner Augusto Lopes
Date of birth	January 29, 1969 (1969-01-29) (age 39)
Place of birth	Brazil
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1985-1987 1987-1990 1990-1994 1995-1996 1997-1998 1999-2000 2001 2001-2002	São Paulo Nissan Hitachi / Kashiwa Reysol Honda F.C. Bellmare Hiratsuka Nagoya Grampus Eight FC Tokyo Avispa Fukuoka	049 0(12) 096 0(85) 060 0(67) 055 0(36) 051 0(23) 010 00(3) 027 0(13)
National team
1997-1999	Japan	020 00(5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Wágner Augusto Lopes (呂比須ワグナー) (born January 29, 1969) is a former Japanese footballer. The striker was born in Brazil, and is a naturalised Japanese citizen.

Lopes was an important member of Japan's 1998 FIFA World Cup squad and was best remembered playing alongside Hidetoshi Nakata at Bellmare Hiratsuka.

The striker has played for many Japanese clubs including Nissan FC,Kashiwa Reysol , Honda F.C., Bellmare Hiratsuka, Nagoya Grampus Eight, FC Tokyo, and Avispa Fukuoka.

He is currently an assistant coach at Paulista F.C. (as of September 2007)

[edit] National team

1998 FIFA World Cup

[edit] See also

List of Asian footballers with foreign heritage

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National Football Teams

v • d • e Japan squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Kojima • 2 Narahashi • 3 Soma • 4 Ihara • 5 Omura • 6 Yamaguchi • 7 Ito • 8 Nakata • 9 Nakayama • 10 Nanami • 11 Ono • 12 Lopes • 13 Hattori • 14 Okano • 15 Morishima • 16 Saito • 17 Akita • 18 Jo • 19 Nakanishi • 20 Kawaguchi • 21 Narazaki • 22 Hirano • Coach: Okada