Pula (futsal)

This article is about the futsal player. For the currency, see Botswana pula.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Kaetano and the second or paternal family name is Pereira.

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.

Pula

Pula celebrating a goal for Russia in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Vágner Kaetano Pereira
Date of birth	(1980-12-02) 2 December 1980
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Pivot
Team information
Current team	Sorocaba
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2004	Carlos Barbosa
2004–2006	Arbat
2006–2016	Dinamo Moskva	276	(95)
2016–2017	KPRF	18	(8)
2017–2018	Avtodor Smolensk	24	(11)
2018–	Sorocaba
International career
2008–2014	Russia	52	(47)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. 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. He then scored the sixth in a 9–1 win over Japan. In the second match of the second group phase, he scored a hat-trick as Russia beat Paraguay 5–4. Pula scored a goal against Brazil but lost 4–2.

External links

• Pula at uefa.com