Vágner Kaetano Pereira

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Pula

Pula celebrating a goal for Russia in 2011
Personal information
Full nameVágner Kaetano Pereira
Date of birth (1980-12-02) 2 December 1980
Place of birthSão Paulo, Brazil
Playing positionPivot
Club information
Current clubDinamo Moskva
Number10
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
—2004Carlos Barbosa
2004—06Arbat
2006—Dinamo Moskva
National team
2008—Russia52(47)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Vágner Kaetano Pereira, aka Pula (Russian Cyrillic: Пула) (born 2 December 1980) is a Brazilian-born Russian futsal player who plays for MFK Dinamo Moskva and Russian national futsal team 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]

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