Vágner Kaetano Pereira
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 team | 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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