Vágner_Kaetano_Pereira

Pula (futsal)

Pula (futsal)

Brazilian-born Russian futsal player

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.

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.
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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

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