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]
References
- ^ "Futsal Planet". www.futsalplanet.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008.
- ^ "Futsal Planet". www.futsalplanet.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008.
- ^ "Futsal Planet". www.futsalplanet.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008.
- ^ "Futsal Planet". www.futsalplanet.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008.
- ^ "Futsal Planet". www.futsalplanet.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008.
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