| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wágner Ferreira dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Sete Lagoas, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Fluminense | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001 | América-MG | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2004 | América-MG | 124 | (16) |
| 2004–2009 | Cruzeiro | 217 | (36) |
| 2007 | → Al-Ittihad[1] | 25 | (9) |
| 2009–2011 | FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 21 | (3) |
| 2011 | Gaziantepspor | 17 | (2) |
| 2012– | Fluminense | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| Brazil U20 | 2 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:37, 1 December 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Wágner Ferreira dos Santos (born 29 January 1985 in Sete Lagoas[2]), commonly known as Wágner, is a Brazilian football player. He currently plays for Fluminense.
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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. On 7 August 2009 Championat.ru confirm that Lokomotiv Moscow have acquired the Brazilian player, for 6 million euros. 3 days later this move was confirmed by Nikolay Naumov, president of Lokomotiv.[3]
On 17 January 2011 he signed for Gaziantepspor for €3 million.[4]
After a feud with Gaziantepspor manager Abdullah Ercan, Wágner's contract was terminated on a mutual agreement.[5]
Wagner 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 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.
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