Pula Pula celebrating a goal for Russia in 2011 |
Personal information |
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Full name | Vágner Kaetano Pereira |
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Date of birth | (1980-12-02) 2 December 1980 |
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Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil |
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Playing position | Pivot |
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Club information |
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Current club | Dinamo Moskva |
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Number | 10 |
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Senior career* |
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Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
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—2004 | Carlos Barbosa | | |
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2004—06 | Arbat | | |
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2006— | Dinamo Moskva | | |
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National team |
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2008— | Russia | 52 | (47) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
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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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Persondata |
Name |
Pereira, Vagner Kaetano |
Alternative names |
Pula |
Short description |
Russian futsal player |
Date of birth |
2 December 1980 |
Place of birth |
São Paulo, Brazil |
Date of death |
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Place of death |
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