A Brazilian footballer Vágner Silva de Souza, aka Vágner Love, operates as a striker for Shandong Luneng. He was born on 11 June 1984 in Rio de Janeiro.
Vágner’s junior career was spent at the youth department of Palmeiras, where he became a full-grown striker able to operate at the professional level. In 2002, he graduated to the club’s main squad and his professional career began. According to him, the debut match can be described as a disaster. Nevertheless, in 2002, Love became the top scorer, netting 32 goals. After such a success he became the teams regular. Over the course of the 2003/2004 season, the striker amassed 19 goals and was named the best goal scorer The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. That allowed him to get promotion to the Série B.
In 2003, Vágner gained his first cap for the Brazil U-20 squad. In total, he made 5 appearances for the national youth team.
On 28 June 2004, Love took part in his last match for Palmeiras. That was a winning game over São Paulo. During the summer transfer, the striker was scouted by CSKA Moscow. He debuted for the club on 14 August in a match with Neftçi Peşəkar Futbol Klubu. On 14 August, the Brazilian footballer took part in the 2004 Russian Premier League match against FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. In 2005, Vágner together with CSKA won the 2005 UEFA Cup Final and became the holder of the Russian Cup. He was also honored with the title of the 2008 Russian Premier League top scorer, netting 20 goals. He also was named the top scorer of the UEFA Cup in the 2008/2009 season with 11 goals amassed in 8 matches.
In 2009, after the contract with Moscow club had been extended, Love was loaned out by Palmeiras, where he stayed for a year making 12 appearances and netting 5 goals. In 2010, the next loan followed. The footballer joined Flamengo as a temporary player and after a fabulous season he penned a contract with the club on permanent basis. He continued to make frequent appearances as the squad’s constant up to the end of 2012 when he got back to Russia unsatisfied with financial terms in his homeland.
Half a year later Love accepted the invitation of Radomir Antic and joined a Chinese outfit Shandong Luneng.
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