Wagner Ferreira dos Santos

Football player infobox| playername= "Wágner"
fullname = Wágner Ferreira dos Santos
nickname = Wágner


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|1|29
cityofbirth = Sete Lagoas
countryofbirth = Brazil
height = height|m=1.75
weight = 65 Kg
currentclub = Cruzeiro
clubnumber = 10
position = Attacking midfielder
youthyears = 2001
youthclubs = América-MG
years = 2002-2004 2004-2006 2007 2007
clubs = América-MG Cruzeiro → Al-Ittihad Cruzeiro
caps(goals) = - (-) 115 (18) 16 (6)
nationalyears = 2006–
nationalteam = Brazil
nationalcaps(goals) = 0 (0)
pcupdate = 1 June, 2007
ntupdate = 24 January, 2007

Wágner Ferreira dos Santos, "Wágner" (born 29 January 1985 in Sete Lagoas) is a Brazilian football player. He currently plays for Cruzeiro.

Career

Club

He is a left footed offensive midfielder and striker, but is also working on using his right foot too. Despite playing all of the 2006 season as an offensive midfielder, he led the Campeonato Brasileiro, in its early stages, with 8 goals in 10 games. He is a free-kick specialist, scoring a majority of his goals through free-kicks.

He started his career at América Mineiro and went on to play for Cruzeiro, another team from Belo Horizonte. Cruzeiro sold Wágner to Al-Ittihad after a transfer fee of around €9 million on January 2007, but a clause in his contract allowed him to come back to Cruzeiro in June 2007 after Al-Ittihad could not finish paying his transfer fee. He was important in Al-Ittihad's championship run.

National

He has played for the Brazil U17 and U21 squad. He was also called up for the Brazil national team for a friendly but never played. [http://www.goal.com/en-US/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=103844]

Honours

*Copa do Mundo (Sub 17): 2002
*Campeonato Mineiro: 2006
*Torneio Octogonal do Chile: 2005

Personal Honours

*Bola de Prata Brasileira (Placar): 2006

Contract

*11th June 2006 to 10th June 2009

External links

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