Pula (futsal) explained

Pula
Fullname:Vágner Kaetano Pereira
Birth Date:2 December 1980
Birth Place:São Paulo, Brazil
Height:1.80 m
Currentclub:Sorocaba
Clubnumber:7
Position:Pivot
Years1:2000–2004
Years2:2004–2006
Years3:2006–2016
Years4:2016–2017
Years5:2017–2018
Years6:2018–
Clubs2:Arbat
Clubs3:Dinamo Moskva
Clubs4:KPRF
Clubs5:Avtodor Smolensk
Clubs6:Sorocaba
Caps3:276
Goals3:95
Caps4:18
Goals4:8
Caps5:24
Goals5:11
Nationalyears1:2008–2014
Nationalteam1:Russia
Nationalcaps1:52
Nationalgoals1:47

Vágner Kaetano Pereira, also known as Pula (Russian Cyrillic: Пула; born 2 December 1980), is a Brazilian-born Russian futsal player who plays for Magnus Sorocaba Futsal as a pivot.

Career

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Futsal Planet . www.futsalplanet.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081005073137/http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4571 . 2008-10-05.
  2. Web site: Futsal Planet . www.futsalplanet.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081005073406/http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4575 . 2008-10-05.
  3. Web site: Futsal Planet . www.futsalplanet.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081005073159/http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4577 . 2008-10-05.
  4. Web site: Futsal Planet . www.futsalplanet.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081025123028/http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4778 . 2008-10-25.
  5. Web site: Futsal Planet . www.futsalplanet.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081023095006/http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/matches-02.asp?ParId=4786 . 2008-10-23.