Wágner
Personal information
Full name Wágner Ferreira dos Santos
Date of birth (1985-01-29) 29 January 1985
Place of birth Sete Lagoas, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2001–2002 América Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 América Mineiro 36 (8)
2004–2009 Cruzeiro 174 (27)
2007Al-Ittihad 11 (4)
2009–2011 Lokomotiv Moscow 21 (3)
2011 Gaziantepspor 26 (3)
2012–2015 Fluminense 161 (22)
2015–2017 Tianjin Teda 20 (2)
2017–2018 Vasco da Gama 68 (9)
2018–2020 Al-Khor 24 (8)
2020–2022 Juventude 23 (4)
2022 Vila Nova 44 (2)
International career
Brazil U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2022

Wágner Ferreira dos Santos (born 29 January 1985), simply known as Wágner, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Wágner started his career at América Mineiro, where he shone along with Fred, an international Brazilian player, who, coincidentally, is again Wagner's colleague in Fluminense FC.[1] Wágner went on to play for Cruzeiro, another team from Belo Horizonte. Cruzeiro sold Wágner to Al-Ittihad after a transfer fee of around €9 million in January 2007, but a clause in his contract allowed him to come back to Cruzeiro in June 2007 after Al-Ittihad could not finish paying his transfer fee. He was important in Al-Ittihad's championship run. On 7 August 2009 Championat.ru confirmed that Lokomotiv Moscow had acquired the Brazilian player, for 6 million euros. Three days later this move was confirmed by Nikolay Naumov, president of Lokomotiv.

On 17 January 2011 he signed for Gaziantepspor for €3 million.[2]

After a feud with Gaziantepspor manager Abdullah Ercan, Wágner's contract was terminated by a mutual agreement.[3]

International career

He has played for the Brazil U17 and U21 squad.

He was also called up for the Brazil national team for a friendly in 2006, following the World Cup in Germany, by coach Dunga, but never played; the game finished Brazil 1-1 Norway. He was also placed in standby lists for the 2007 Copa América and the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Style of play

Wagner is a left footed offensive midfielder and striker, but is also working on using his right foot. Despite playing all of the 2006 season as an offensive midfielder, he led the Campeonato Brasileiro, in its early stages, with eight goals in ten games. He is a free-kick specialist, scoring a majority of his goals through free-kicks.

Career statistics

As of 29 November 2021[4]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
América Mineiro 2002 Série B 00001[lower-alpha 1]010
2003 6161122
2004 14310321267
Total 2041642110399
Cruzeiro 2004[5] Série A 9090
2005[5] 351100604[lower-alpha 2]0551
2006[5] 3211102501[lower-alpha 2]14814
2007[5] 2762[lower-alpha 2]0296
2008[5] 28510210[lower-alpha 2]2489
2009[5] 409012[lower-alpha 3]2252
Total 1352339411029521432
Al-Ittihad (loan) 2006–07[6] Saudi Premier League 11442156
Lokomotiv Moscow 2009 Russian Premier League 7373
2010 1401000150
Total 2131000223
Gaziantepspor 2010–11 Süper Lig 17250222
2011–12 91004[lower-alpha 4]1132
Total 2635041354
Fluminense (loan) 2012 Série A 2911503[lower-alpha 3]0471
2013 3341630010[lower-alpha 3]2599
2014 317155511[lower-alpha 2]05213
2015 9113100222
Total 102135995114218025
Tianjin Teda 2015 Chinese Super League 910091
2016 11100111
Total 20200202
Vasco da Gama 2017 Série A 192901160
2018 1641112010[lower-alpha 5]1396
Total 35620131101689
Al-Khor 2018–19 Qatar Stars League 18840228
2019–20 601070
Total 24850298
Juventude 2020 Série B 8131112
2021 Série A 1220000122
Total 2030031234
Career total 414691341839657910645102
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Sul-Minas
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  5. Nine appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, one appearance in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Club

Cruzeiro
Al-Ittihad
Fluminense

Individual

References

  1. "Rivais amigos: Fred, Wagner e Jajá relembram histórias do América-MG".
  2. "Dos Santos Gaziantepspor'da".
  3. "Bu Domain Satılıktır".
  4. Wágner at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "FICHAS TÉCNICAS 2003 A 2018" [MATCH REPORTS 2003 TO 2018] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Cruzeiro EC. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. "Goals scored by: Wagner". Goalzz. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  • Wágner at Sambafoot (archived)
  • CBF (in Portuguese)
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