Love (footballer)

Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula or Love[2] (born March 14, 1979) is an Angolan retired footballer. He has been Angolan top scorer twice in 2004 and 2005. He played as a forward in his home country. He has won 3 Girabola titles with ASA.

Love
Personal information
Full name Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula[1]
Date of birth (1979-03-14) March 14, 1979
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2006 ASA (61)
2007–2010 Primeiro de Agosto (29)
2010–2012 Petro Luanda 35 (22)
2013–2014 Kabuscorp 28 (14)
2015 Recreativo da Caála 8 (1)
2015–2016 Sagrada Esperança 26 (5)
2017 ASA 15 (3)
International career
2001–2014 Angola 79 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 March 2017

He is a member of the Angola national team and played regularly, though usually as a substitute. He was in his country's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.[3]

1º de Agosto striker Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula "Love" was a new addition for Petro de Luanda football team, for the second half of national first division soccer league, also dubbed Girabola 2010. The athlete was loaned from 1º de Agosto to Petro de Luanda for a six-month period, with the contract ending in December 2010.[4]

In 2017, he was appointed as the Angolan U17 national team head coach and concurrently, he is serving as an assistant manager with the Angola national football team.[5]

Career statistics

National team

[6]

Angola national team
YearAppsGoals
200120
200200
200330
2004102
200562
2006113
200751
2008100
200970
201020
201141
201230
201300
201431
201500
201620
201700
Total6810

International goals

Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first.[6][7]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 May 2004Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Namibia1–02–12004 COSAFA Cup
2.2–0
3.13 August 2005Mmabatho Stadium, Mafikeng, South Africa Zimbabwe1–01–22005 COSAFA Cup
4.17 August 2005Estádio José Gomes, Lisbon, Portugal Cape Verde2–12–1Friendly
5.29 April 2006Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho Mauritius5–15–12006 COSAFA Cup
6.2 June 2006Offermans Joosten Stadion, Sittard, Netherlands Turkey2–22–3Friendly
7.17 September 2006National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe2–12–12006 COSAFA Cup
8.17 June 2007Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Swaziland2–03–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9.18 December 2011Estádio Sagrada Esperança, Dundo, Angola Zambia1–01–0Friendly
10.15 October 2014Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola Lesotho4–04–02015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Angola" (PDF). FIFA. March 21, 2014. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2019.
  2. Archived May 31, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Angola announce World Cup squad". news.bbc.co.uk. 14 May 2006. Retrieved 24 Dec 2018.
  4. "Angola: Striker Love Cabungula Joins Petro De Luanda Temporarily". allafrica.com. 2 Jul 2010. Retrieved 24 Dec 2018.
  5. "Football: Love Cabungula appointed Angolan U-17 team's coach". ANGOP Angolan News Agency. 18 Apr 2018. Retrieved 24 Dec 2018.
  6. "Cabingula, Love". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  7. Arsénio Sebastião Cabúngula "Love" – International Appearances
  • Love at National-Football-Teams.com


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