Vágner Kaetano Pereira, also known as Pula (Russian Cyrillic: Пула; born 2 December 1980), is a Brazilian-born Russian

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player who plays for Magnus Sorocaba Futsal as a pivot.

Career

He played for

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at the

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in his homeland, Brazil, and ended the tournament as top scorer with 18 goals, the first on 2 October in a 10–5 win over Cuba. Nine of them came in a 31–2 group win over the

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, the most by a player in the World Cup and biggest win by a team. He then scored the sixth in a 9–1 win over

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. In the second match of the second group phase, he scored a hat-trick as Russia beat Paraguay 5–4. Pula scored a goal against Brazil but lost 4–2.

References

External links

Pula at uefa.com
1980 births Living people Brazilian men's futsal players Russian men's futsal players Brazilian emigrants to Russia Naturalized citizens of Russia MFK Dinamo Moskva players Futsal players from São Paulo 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-bio-stub