Vágner Love

**Vágner Silva de Souza** (born 11 June 1984), known as **Vágner Love**, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Série A club Atlético Goianiense.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|State league|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Palmeiras|2002|Série A|2|0|0|0|–|–|–|2|0||||
|2003|Série B|29|19|2|0|1|2|–|1|1|33|22||||
|2004|Série A|11|8|12|12|7|6|–|–|30|26|||||
|rowspan="9"|CSKA Moscow|2004|rowspan="8"|Russian Premier League|12|9|–|0|0|9|4|0|0|21|13|
|2005|21|7|–|7|0|14|7|1|0|43|14|||||
|2006|23|9|–|7|4|7|2|1|0|38|15|||||
|2007|23|13|–|1|0|3|3|1|1|28|17|||||
|2008|26|20|–|1|1|6|8|–|33|29||||||
|2009|13|3|–|3|1|4|3|1|0|21|7|||||
|2010|15|9|–|0|0|5|2|0|0|20|11|||||
|2011–12|25|9|–|5|1|9|1|1|0|40|11|||||
|Palmeiras (loan)|2009|rowspan="3"|Série A|12|5|0|0|—|0|0|—|12|5|||
|Flamengo (loan)|2010|5|4|14|15|—|10|4|—|29|23|||||
|Flamengo|2012|36|13|10|9|—|5|2|—|51|24|||||
|rowspan="3"|CSKA Moscow|2012–13|rowspan="2"|Russian Premier League|9|5|–|3|1|0|0|–|12|6||
|2013–14|2|1|–|0|0|0|0|1|0|3|1|||||
|rowspan="3"|Shandong Luneng Taishan|2013|rowspan="2"|Chinese Super League|10|6|–|0|0|–|–|10|6|||
|2014|21|13|–|7|4|5|5|–|33|22||||||
|Corinthians|2015|Série A|31|14|14|2|2|0|3|0|—|50|16|||
|Monaco|2015–16|Ligue 1|12|4|—|1|0|0|0|—|13|4||||
|rowspan="3"|Alanyaspor|2016–17|rowspan="2"|Süper Lig|28|23|–|0|0|–|–|28|23|||
|2017–18|14|10|–|2|1|–|–|16|11|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Beşiktaş|2017–18|rowspan="2"|Süper Lig|10|3|–|1|0|2|1|–|13|4||
|2018–19|8|3|–|0|0|8|4|–|16|7||||||
|rowspan="3"|Corinthians|2019|rowspan="2"|Série A|28|5|15|1|8|1|10|4|–|59|11|
|2020|0|0|6|1|–|1|0|–|7|1||||||
|rowspan="3"|Kairat|2020|rowspan="2"|Kazakhstan Premier League|14|7|—|0|0|2|3|—|16|10||
|2021|22|7|—|6|5|12|5|2|0|42|17|||||
|Midtjylland|2021–22|Danish Superliga|9|1|—|0|0|0|0|—|9|1||||
|rowspan="2"|Sport Recife|2022|rowspan="2"|Série B|17|7|—|—|—|—|17|7||||
|2023|33|11|12|5|3|2|—|11|5|59|23|||||
|Atlético Goianiense|2024|Série A|0|0|9|3|0|0|0|0|—|9|3|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Brazil|2004|1|0|
|2005|0|0|||
|2006|3|1|||
|2007|16|3|||

- _Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vágner Love goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|5 September 2006|White Hart Lane, London, England||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|2|27 March 2007|Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|3|7 July 2007|Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela||6–1|6–1|2007 Copa América||||||||
|4|17 October 2007|Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil||1–0|5–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

## Honours

**Palmeiras**
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2003

**CSKA Moscow**
- Russian Premier League: 2005, 2006, 2012–13
- Russian Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
- Russian Super Cup: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013
- UEFA Cup: 2004–05

**Shandong Luneng**
- Chinese FA Cup: 2014

**Corinthians**
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2015
- Campeonato Paulista: 2019

**Kairat**
- Kazakhstan Premier League: 2020
- Kazakhstan Cup: 2021

**Sport**
- Campeonato Pernambucano: 2023

**Brazil**
- Copa América: 2004, 2007

**Individual**
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B top scorer: 2003
- Pan American Games top scorer: 2003
- Campeonato Paulista top scorer: 2004
- Russian Premier League top scorer: 2008
- _Sport-Express_s Russian Footballer of the Year: 2008
- Russian Premier League Team of the Year: 2008, 2012–13
- UEFA Cup top scorer: 2008–09
- Campeonato Carioca top scorer: 2010
- Russian Premier League Player of the Month: March 2013, May 2013
- Süper Lig top scorer: 2016–17
- Süper Lig Team of the Season: 2016–17

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Vágner Love
- **image**: VagnerLove.jpg
- **upright**: 0.9
- **caption**: Vágner Love with PFC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow, 2009
- **full name**: Vágner Silva de Souza
- **birth place**: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- **height**: 1.72 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Atlético Clube Goianiense, Atlético Goianiense
- **clubnumber**: 9
- **youthyears1**: 2001–2003
- **youthclubs1**: Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Palmeiras
- **years1**: 2002–2004
- **clubs1**: Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Palmeiras
- **caps1**: 56
- **goals1**: 39
- **years2**: 2004–2011
- **clubs2**: PFC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow
- **caps2**: 158
- **goals2**: 79
- **years3**: 2009
- **clubs3**: → Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Palmeiras (loan)
- **caps3**: 12
- **goals3**: 5
- **years4**: 2010
- **clubs4**: → Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo (loan)
- **caps4**: 19
- **goals4**: 19
- **years5**: 2012–2013
- **clubs5**: Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo
- **caps5**: 45
- **goals5**: 19
- **years6**: 2013
- **clubs6**: PFC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow
- **caps6**: 14
- **goals6**: 6
- **years7**: 2013–2015
- **clubs7**: Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C., Shandong Luneng
- **caps7**: 31
- **goals7**: 19
- **years8**: 2015–2016
- **clubs8**: Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians
- **caps8**: 45
- **goals8**: 16
- **years9**: 2016
- **clubs9**: AS Monaco FC, Monaco
- **caps9**: 12
- **goals9**: 4
- **years10**: 2016–2018
- **clubs10**: Alanyaspor
- **caps10**: 44
- **goals10**: 34
- **years11**: 2018–2019
- **clubs11**: Beşiktaş J.K., Beşiktaş
- **caps11**: 18
- **goals11**: 6
- **years12**: 2019–2020
- **clubs12**: Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians
- **caps12**: 49
- **goals12**: 7
- **years13**: 2020–2021
- **clubs13**: FC Kairat, Kairat
- **caps13**: 36
- **goals13**: 14
- **years14**: 2022
- **clubs14**: FC Midtjylland, Midtjylland
- **caps14**: 9
- **goals14**: 1
- **years15**: 2022–2023
- **clubs15**: Sport Recife, Sport
- **caps15**: 62
- **goals15**: 23
- **years16**: 2024–
- **clubs16**: Atlético Clube Goianiense, Atlético Goianiense
- **caps16**: 9
- **goals16**: 3
- **nationalyears1**: 2003
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil national under-20 football team, Brazil U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 4
- **nationalyears2**: 2004–2007
- **nationalteam2**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **nationalcaps2**: 20
- **nationalgoals2**: 4
- **club-update**: 02:44, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 20 September 2015