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Wagner Lopes
Lopes at Nissan Motors
Personal information
Full name Wagner Augusto Lopes[1]
Date of birth (1969-01-29) 29 January 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Franca, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1987 São Paulo 14 (1)
1987–1990 Nissan Motors 49 (12)
1990–1994 Kashiwa Reysol 96 (85)
1995–1996 Honda 60 (67)
1997–1998 Bellmare Hiratsuka 56 (36)
1999–2000 Nagoya Grampus Eight 51 (23)
2001 FC Tokyo 10 (3)
2001–2002 Avispa Fukuoka 27 (13)
Total 363 (229)
National team
1997–1999 Japan 20 (5)
Teams managed
2005–2007 Paulista (assistant)
2010 Paulista
2010 PAEC
2011 Paulista
2012 Gamba Osaka (assistant)
2013 Comercial
2013 São Bernardo
2014 Botafogo-SP
2014 Criciúma
2014 Atlético Goianiense
2015 Goiás
2015 Bragantino
2016 Atlético Goianiense
2016 Sampaio Corrêa
2017 Paraná
2017 Albirex Niigata
2018 Paraná
2018–2019 Atlético Goianiense
2020 Botafogo-SP
2021 Vila Nova
2021 Vitória
2024 CRAC
Honours
Nissan Motors
Winner Japan Soccer League 1988/89
Winner Japan Soccer League 1989/90
Winner JSL Cup 1988
Winner JSL Cup 1989
Winner Emperor's Cup 1988
Winner Emperor's Cup 1989
Nagoya Grampus Eight
Winner Emperor's Cup 1999
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Wagner Lopes (呂比須 ワグナー, Lopes Wagner, born January 29, 1969) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

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.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League National cup League cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
São Paulo 1985[2] Série A 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
1986[3] 0 0 10 1 0 0 — 10 1
1987[4] 0 0 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
Total 0 0 14 1 0 0 — 14 1
Nissan Motors 1987–88 JSL Division 1 21 8 — 21 8
1988–89 15 3 — 15 3
1989–90 13 1 — 4 0 17 1
Total 49 12 — 0 0 4 0 53 12
Kashiwa Reysol[a] 1990–91 JSL Division 2 23 33 — 1 0 24 33
1991–92 JSL Division 1 20 4 — 3 4 23 8
1992 Football League 17 13 — - 17 13
1993 18 18 — 0 0 0 0 18 18
1994 18 17 — 0 0 1 0 19 17
Total 96 85 — 0 0 5 4 101 89
Honda 1995 Football League 30 31 — 1 0 - 31 31
1996 30 36 — 2 1 - 32 37
Total 60 67 — 3 1 0 0 63 68
Bellmare Hiratsuka 1997 J1 League 27 18 — 3 4 6 8 36 30
1998 29 18 — 2 0 0 0 31 18
Total 56 36 — 5 4 6 8 67 48
Nagoya Grampus Eight 1999 J1 League 23 13 — 5 2 6 4 34 19
2000 28 10 — 1 1 4 0 33 11
Total 51 23 — 6 3 10 4 67 30
FC Tokyo 2001 J1 League 10 3 — 0 0 2 4 12 7
Avispa Fukuoka 2001 J1 League 8 7 — 0 0 0 0 8 7
2002 J2 League 19 6 — 2 0 - 21 6
Total 27 13 — 2 0 0 0 29 13
Career total 349 239 14 1 16 8 23 16 402 264

International[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 1997 6 3
1998 7 0
1999 7 2
Total 20 5
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lopes goal.
List of international goals scored by Wagner Lopes
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 October 1997 Tashkent, Uzbekistan  Uzbekistan 1–1 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 26 October 1997 Tokyo, Japan  United Arab Emirates 1–0 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 1 November 1997 Seoul, South Korea  South Korea 2–0 2–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 29 June 1999 Asunción, Paraguay  Peru 1–0 2–3 1999 Copa América
5 5 July 1999 Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay  Bolivia 1–1 1–1 1999 Copa América

Managerial statistics[change | change source]

[6]

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Albirex Niigata 2017 2017 23 6 5 12 026.09
Total 23 6 5 12 026.09

Honours[change | change source]

Player[change | change source]

São Paulo

Nissan Motors

Nagoya Grampus

Manager[change | change source]

Paulista

Atlético Goianiense

Individual[change | change source]

  • Asian Goal of the Month: November 1997[7]

Notes[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Hitachi" until 1993

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Wagner Lopes".
  2. ↑ "São Paulo Futebol Clube Matches – 1985". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "São Paulo Futebol Clube Matches – 1986". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "São Paulo Futebol Clube Matches – 1987". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Japan National Football Team Database
  6. ↑ Wagner Lopes at J.League (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ↑ "Lopez breaks away for award". Asian Football Confederation. 14 May 1998. Archived from the original on 14 May 1998.

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