Wágner (footballer, born 1985)

Wágner Ferreira dos Santos (born 29 January 1985), simply known as Wágner, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ferreira and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.
Wágner
Personal information
Full name Wágner Ferreira dos Santos
Date of birth (1985-01-29) 29 January 1985
Place of birth Sete Lagoas, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2001–2002 América Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 América Mineiro 36 (8)
2004–2009 Cruzeiro 174 (27)
2007 → Al-Ittihad 11 (4)
2009–2011 Lokomotiv Moscow 21 (3)
2011 Gaziantepspor 26 (3)
2012–2015 Fluminense 161 (22)
2015–2017 Tianjin Teda 20 (2)
2017–2018 Vasco da Gama 68 (9)
2018–2020 Al-Khor 24 (8)
2020–2022 Juventude 23 (4)
2022 Vila Nova 44 (2)
International career
Brazil U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:22, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Wágner started his career at América Mineiro, where he shone along with Fred, an international Brazilian player, who, coincidentally, is again Wagner's colleague in Fluminense FC.[1] Wágner 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 in 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. On 7 August 2009 Championat.ru confirmed that Lokomotiv Moscow had acquired the Brazilian player, for 6 million euros. Three days later this move was confirmed by Nikolay Naumov, president of Lokomotiv.

On 17 January 2011 he signed for Gaziantepspor for €3 million.[2]

After a feud with Gaziantepspor manager Abdullah Ercan, Wágner's contract was terminated by a mutual agreement.[3]

International career

He has played for the Brazil U17 and U21 squad.

He was also called up for the Brazil national team for a friendly in 2006, following the World Cup in Germany, by coach Dunga, but never played; the game finished Brazil 1-1 Norway. He was also placed in standby lists for the 2007 Copa América and the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Style of play

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

Career statistics
As of 29 November 2021[4]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
América Mineiro 2002 Série B 0000——1[lower-alpha 1]010
2003 6161———122
2004 14310321——267
Total 20416421—10399
Cruzeiro 2004[5] Série A 90————90
2005[5] 351100604[lower-alpha 2]0—551
2006[5] 3211102501[lower-alpha 2]1—4814
2007[5] 276——2[lower-alpha 2]0—296
2008[5] 285102—10[lower-alpha 2]2—489
2009[5] 4090—12[lower-alpha 3]2—252
Total 13523394110295—21432
Al-Ittihad (loan) 2006–07[6] Saudi Premier League 114—42——156
Lokomotiv Moscow 2009 Russian Premier League 73————73
2010 140—1000—150
Total 213—1000—223
Gaziantepspor 2010–11 Süper Lig 172—50——222
2011–12 91—004[lower-alpha 4]1—132
Total 263—5041—354
Fluminense (loan) 2012 Série A 291150—3[lower-alpha 3]0—471
2013 3341630010[lower-alpha 3]2—599
2014 317155511[lower-alpha 2]0—5213
2015 9113100——222
Total 1021359951142—18025
Tianjin Teda 2015 Chinese Super League 91—00——91
2016 111—00——111
Total 202—00——202
Vasco da Gama 2017 Série A 1929011——60
2018 1641112010[lower-alpha 5]1396
Total 35620131101—689
Al-Khor 2018–19 Qatar Stars League 188—40——228
2019–20 60—10——70
Total 248—50——298
Juventude 2020 Série B 81—31——112
2021 Série A 1220000——122
Total 2030031——234
Career total 414691341839657910645102
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Sul-Minas
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  5. Nine appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, one appearance in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Club
Cruzeiro
Al-Ittihad
Fluminense

Individual

References
  1. "Rivais amigos: Fred, Wagner e Jajá relembram histórias do América-MG".
  2. "Dos Santos Gaziantepspor'da".
  3. "Bu Domain Satılıktır".
  4. Wágner at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. "FICHAS TÉCNICAS 2003 A 2018" [MATCH REPORTS 2003 TO 2018] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Cruzeiro EC. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. "Goals scored by: Wagner". Goalzz. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  • Wágner at Sambafoot (archived)
  • CBF (in Portuguese)
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