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.
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]