Vagner Love

Vagner Silva de Souza (born 11 June 1984), known as Vagner Love, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Kazakhstan Premier League team Kairat. He is a forward who has been described by World Soccer Magazine as possessing "mobility, flair, awareness and powerful shooting".

The second name Love was given to Vagner while playing for Palmeiras as he was known for his playboy lifestyle.

Over two spells, Vagner Love scored 117 goals across 241 official games in eight seasons at CSKA Moscow. He won 14 honours in the Russian capital, scoring in their win in the 2005 UEFA Cup Final.

Vagner Love scored four goals in 20 games for the Brazil national team, winning the Copa America in 2004 and 2007.

Club Career

Palmeiras

Vagner Love started his career with Palmeiras. In the 2003 season, he helped them to return to the Serie A, the nation's top-flight division.

CSKA Moscow

In the summer of 2004, Vagner Love was bought by Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow. For over a year after his arrival, rumours kept appearing that he did not want to stay in Moscow, and a transfer to Corinthians in particular was hinted at numerous times. These rumours, however, eventually subsided, and he mentioned a number of times that he was fully committed to his contract and is looking forward to completing its full tenure.

Vagner Love scored the final goal that sealed CSKA's 3–1 victory in the 2005 UEFA Cup Final over Sporting CP at the Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon. In addition to winning the UEFA Cup, he has gone on to win the Russian Premier League title and Russian Cup in both 2005 and 2008, as well as the Russian Super Cup in 2006.

Vagner Love became the top scorer in the 2008 season (the first top scorer from outside the former Soviet Union) and the top scorer of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, the latter with 11 goals in 8 games.

Return to Palmeiras on loan

On 28 August 2009, following

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