Wagner Lopes

is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Lopes was born in Franca, Brazil on January 29, 1969. He moved to Japan and signed with Japan Soccer League club Nissan Motors in 1987. From 1988 to 1990, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup for 2 years in a row. He moved to Hitachi (later _Kashiwa Reysol_) in 1990. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and the club joined new league Japan Football League (JFL). The club won 2nd place in 1994 and was promoted to J1 League. He also many scored with Careca. However he left the club due to restrictions on foreign players because the club gains Müller. Lopes joined JFL club Honda in 1995. He became a top scorer for 2 years in a row (1995-1996). He moved to J1 League club Bellmare Hiratsuka in 1997. He played with Hidetoshi Nakata and scored many goals as striker. However, he left the club end of 1998 season due to financial strain and moved to Nagoya Grampus Eight. The club won the champions at 1999 Emperor's Cup. Toward end of his career, he played for FC Tokyo (2001) and Avispa Fukuoka (2001-02). He retired end of 2002 season.

In September 1997, Lopes obtained Japanese citizenship. Immediately after this, he was selected the Japan national team for 1998 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on September 28, he debuted against South Korea. After the debut, he played 6 games and scored 3 goals at World Cup qualification and Japan won the qualify for 1998 World Cup first time Japan's history. At 1998 World Cup, he played all 3 matches. In third match against Jamaica, he assisted Masashi Nakayama goal. This goal is the first goal for Japan in the history of the World Cup. He also played at 1999 Copa América and scored 2 goals. He played 20 games and scored 5 goals for Japan until 1999.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|State League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|São Paulo|1985|rowspan="3"|Série A|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0|
|1986|0|0|10|1|0|0|—|10|1|||||
|1987|0|0|4|0|0|0|—|4|0|||||
|rowspan="4"|Nissan Motors|1987–88|rowspan="3"|JSL Division 1|21|8|—|||||21|8|
|1988–89|15|3|—|||||15|3|||||
|1989–90|13|1|—|||4|0|17|1|||||
|rowspan="6"|Kashiwa Reysol|1990–91|JSL Division 2|23|33|—|||1|0|24|33||
|1991–92|JSL Division 1|20|4|—|||3|4|23|8||||
|1992|rowspan="3"|Football League|17|13|—|||-|17|13||||
|1993|18|18|—|0|0|0|0|18|18|||||
|1994|18|17|—|0|0|1|0|19|17|||||
|rowspan="3"|Honda|1995|rowspan="2"|Football League|30|31|—|1|0|-|31|31||
|1996|30|36|—|2|1|-|32|37||||||
|rowspan="3"|Bellmare Hiratsuka|1997|rowspan="2"|J1 League|27|18|—|3|4|6|8|36|30|
|1998|29|18|—|2|0|0|0|31|18|||||
|rowspan="3"|Nagoya Grampus Eight|1999|rowspan="2"|J1 League|23|13|—|5|2|6|4|34|19|
|2000|28|10|—|1|1|4|0|33|11|||||
|FC Tokyo|2001|J1 League|10|3|—|0|0|2|4|12|7|||
|rowspan="3"|Avispa Fukuoka|2001|J1 League|8|7|—|0|0|0|0|8|7||
|2002|J2 League|19|6|—|2|0|-|21|6|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Japan|1997|6|3|
|1998|7|0|||
|1999|7|2|||

- _Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lopes goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|11 October 1997|Tashkent, Uzbekistan||1–1|1–1|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|2|26 October 1997|Tokyo, Japan||1–0|1–1|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|3|1 November 1997|Seoul, South Korea||2–0|2–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|4|29 June 1999|Asunción, Paraguay||1–0|2–3|1999 Copa América||||||||
|5|5 July 1999|Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay||1–1|1–1|1999 Copa América||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Albirex Niigata|align="left"|2017|align="left"|2017|||

### Player

**São Paulo**
- Campeonato Paulista: 1985, 1987

**Nissan Motors**
- Japan Soccer League: 1988–89, 1989–90
- JSL Cup: 1988, 1989, 1990
- Emperor's Cup: 1988, 1989

**Nagoya Grampus**
- Emperor's Cup: 1999

### Manager

**Paulista**
- Copa Paulista: 2011

**Atlético Goianiense**
- Campeonato Goiano: 2019

### Individual

- Asian Goal of the Month: November 1997

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Wagner Lopes
- **image**: Wagner Lopes Nissan SC (cropped).jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Lopes at Yokohama F. Marinos, Nissan Motors
- **fullname**: Wagner Augusto Lopes
- **birth place**: Franca, Brazil
- **height**: 1.82 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthclubs1**: São Paulo FC, São Paulo
- **years1**: 1985–1987
- **clubs1**: São Paulo FC, São Paulo
- **caps1**: 14
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 1987–1990
- **clubs2**: Yokohama F. Marinos, Nissan Motors
- **caps2**: 49
- **goals2**: 12
- **years3**: 1990–1994
- **clubs3**: Kashiwa Reysol
- **caps3**: 96
- **goals3**: 85
- **years4**: 1995–1996
- **clubs4**: Honda FC, Honda
- **caps4**: 60
- **goals4**: 67
- **years5**: 1997–1998
- **clubs5**: Shonan Bellmare, Bellmare Hiratsuka
- **caps5**: 56
- **goals5**: 36
- **years6**: 1999–2000
- **clubs6**: Nagoya Grampus, Nagoya Grampus Eight
- **caps6**: 51
- **goals6**: 23
- **years7**: 2001
- **clubs7**: FC Tokyo
- **caps7**: 10
- **goals7**: 3
- **years8**: 2001–2002
- **clubs8**: Avispa Fukuoka
- **caps8**: 27
- **goals8**: 13
- **totalcaps**: 363
- **totalgoals**: 229
- **nationalyears1**: 1997–1999
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps1**: 20
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **manageryears1**: 2005–2007
- **managerclubs1**: Paulista Futebol Clube, Paulista (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2010
- **managerclubs2**: Paulista Futebol Clube, Paulista
- **manageryears3**: 2010
- **managerclubs3**: Audax São Paulo Esporte Clube, PAEC
- **manageryears4**: 2011
- **managerclubs4**: Paulista Futebol Clube, Paulista
- **manageryears5**: 2012
- **managerclubs5**: Gamba Osaka (assistant)
- **manageryears6**: 2013
- **managerclubs6**: Comercial Futebol Clube (Ribeirão Preto), Comercial
- **manageryears7**: 2013
- **managerclubs7**: São Bernardo Futebol Clube, São Bernardo
- **manageryears8**: 2014
- **managerclubs8**: Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP), Botafogo-SP
- **manageryears9**: 2014
- **managerclubs9**: Criciúma Esporte Clube, Criciúma
- **manageryears10**: 2014
- **managerclubs10**: Atlético Clube Goianiense, Atlético Goianiense
- **manageryears11**: 2015
- **managerclubs11**: Goiás Esporte Clube, Goiás
- **manageryears12**: 2015
- **managerclubs12**: Clube Atlético Bragantino, Bragantino
- **manageryears13**: 2016
- **managerclubs13**: Atlético Clube Goianiense, Atlético Goianiense
- **manageryears14**: 2016
- **managerclubs14**: Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube, Sampaio Corrêa
- **manageryears15**: 2017
- **managerclubs15**: Paraná Clube, Paraná
- **manageryears16**: 2017
- **managerclubs16**: Albirex Niigata
- **manageryears17**: 2018
- **managerclubs17**: Paraná Clube, Paraná
- **manageryears18**: 2018–2019
- **managerclubs18**: Atlético Clube Goianiense, Atlético Goianiense
- **manageryears19**: 2020
- **managerclubs19**: Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP), Botafogo-SP
- **manageryears20**: 2021
- **managerclubs20**: Vila Nova Futebol Clube, Vila Nova
- **manageryears21**: 2021
- **managerclubs21**: Esporte Clube Vitória, Vitória
- **manageryears22**: 2024
- **managerclubs22**: Clube Recreativo e Atlético Catalano, CRAC