Vágner Kaetano Pereira

Pula

Pula celebrating a goal for Russia in 2011
Personal information
Full name Vágner Kaetano Pereira
Date of birth (1980-12-02) 2 December 1980
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current team
 Dinamo Moskva
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2004 Carlos Barbosa
2004–06 Arbat
2006– Dinamo Moskva
National team
2008–2014 Russia 52 (47)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Vágner Kaetano Pereira, a.k.a. 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]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4571
  2. ↑ http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4575
  3. ↑ http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4577
  4. ↑ http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4778
  5. ↑ http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4786


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