Wagner Lopes
Encyclopedia
Wagner Lopes (born in Franca
, Sao Paulo
, Brasil, January 29, 1969) is a former Japan
ese footballer
. The striker was born in Brazil
, and is a naturalised Japanese citizen.
Lopes was an important member of Japan's 1998 FIFA World Cup
squad and was best remembered playing alongside Hidetoshi Nakata
at Bellmare Hiratsuka.
The striker has played for many Japanese clubs including Nissan Motors
, Kashiwa Reysol
, Honda
, Bellmare Hiratsuka
, Nagoya Grampus Eight
, FC Tokyo, and Avispa Fukuoka
.
He served as manager at Paulista FC
in 2010 and 2011.
|1987/88||rowspan="3"|Nissan Motors
||rowspan="3"|JSL Division 1
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|1988/89||15||3||||||||||15||3
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|1989/90||13||1||||||||||13||1
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|1990/91||rowspan="3"|Hitachi
||JSL Division 2
||23||33||||||1||0||24||33
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|1991/92||JSL Division 1
||20||4||||||3||4||23||8
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|1992||Football League
||17||3||||||colspan="2"|-||17||3
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|1993||rowspan="2"|Kashiwa Reysol
||rowspan="2"|Football League
||18||18||0||0||0||0||18||18
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|1994||18||17||0||0||1||0||19||17
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|1995||rowspan="2"|Honda
||rowspan="2"|Football League
||30||31||1||0||colspan="2"|-||31||31
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|1996||30||36||2||1||colspan="2"|-||32||37
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|1997||rowspan="2"|Bellmare Hiratsuka
||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||27||18||3||4||6||8||36||30
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|1998||29||18||2||0||0||0||31||18
|-
|1999||rowspan="2"|Nagoya Grampus Eight
||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||23||13||5||2||6||4||34||19
|-
|2000||28||10||1||1||4||0||33||11
|-
|2001||Tokyo||J. League 1||10||3||0||0||2||4||12||7
|-
|2001||rowspan="2"|Avispa Fukuoka
||J. League 1||8||7||0||0||0||0||8||7
|-
|2002||J. League 2
||19||6||2||0||colspan="2"|-||21||6
349||239||16||8||19||16||384||263
349||239||16||8||19||16||384||263
|}
|1997||6||3
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|1998||7||0
|-
|1999||7||2
|-
!Total||20||5
|}
Franca
-Demography:*Total: 328.473 inhabitants on July 1, 2006.** Urban: 324.138** Rural: 6.999*Demographic density : 473,80*Child mortality until 1 year : 12,66 = 1,26%*Life expectancy : 73,03*Fertility : 2,26...
, Sao Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brasil, January 29, 1969) is a former Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
. The striker was born in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, and is a naturalised Japanese citizen.
Lopes was an important member of Japan's 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
squad and was best remembered playing alongside Hidetoshi Nakata
Hidetoshi Nakata
, is a retired Japanese football player. He was one of the most famous Asian footballers of his generation.Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998, the Scudetto with A.S...
at Bellmare Hiratsuka.
The striker has played for many Japanese clubs including Nissan Motors
Yokohama F. Marinos
is a Japanese association football team that participates in the fully professional J. League Division 1; the top Japanese professional football league. Having won the J-League title three times and finished second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team are based in...
, Kashiwa Reysol
Kashiwa Reysol
is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.-History:Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League...
, Honda
Honda F.C.
are a Japanese football club based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. They play in the Japan Football League.-History:The club was founded as in 1971. They were promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1975 and to the JSL Division 1 in 1981; the closest they came to the title was in...
, Bellmare Hiratsuka
Shonan Bellmare
are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka. The name Bellmare is derived from the Latin "bellum" for "war" and "mare"...
, Nagoya Grampus Eight
Nagoya Grampus Eight
are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp...
, FC Tokyo, and Avispa Fukuoka
Avispa Fukuoka
For the record label, see Avispa. is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1 having been promoted from J. League Division 2 in the 2010 season. The team is located in Hakata, Fukuoka. "Avispa" means "wasp" in Spanish.-In Fujieda:The club was founded as...
.
He served as manager at Paulista FC
Paulista Futebol Clube
Paulista Futebol Clube, or Paulista as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Jundiaí, in São Paulo, founded on May 17, 1909.Home stadium is the Jayme Cintra stadium, capacity 15,000...
in 2010 and 2011.
Club career statistics
|-|1987/88||rowspan="3"|Nissan Motors
Yokohama F. Marinos
is a Japanese association football team that participates in the fully professional J. League Division 1; the top Japanese professional football league. Having won the J-League title three times and finished second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team are based in...
||rowspan="3"|JSL Division 1
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
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|1988/89||15||3||||||||||15||3
|-
|1989/90||13||1||||||||||13||1
|-
|1990/91||rowspan="3"|Hitachi
Kashiwa Reysol
is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.-History:Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League...
||JSL Division 2
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
||23||33||||||1||0||24||33
|-
|1991/92||JSL Division 1
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
||20||4||||||3||4||23||8
|-
|1992||Football League
Japan Football League
The is the 3rd tier of the Japanese association football league system, following J. League Division 1 and J. League Division 2. Also known as the JFL, it is generally considered as the top amateur league in Japan although in reality it is a semi-professional league as many full-time footballers...
||17||3||||||colspan="2"|-||17||3
|-
|1993||rowspan="2"|Kashiwa Reysol
Kashiwa Reysol
is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.-History:Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League...
||rowspan="2"|Football League
Japan Football League
The is the 3rd tier of the Japanese association football league system, following J. League Division 1 and J. League Division 2. Also known as the JFL, it is generally considered as the top amateur league in Japan although in reality it is a semi-professional league as many full-time footballers...
||18||18||0||0||0||0||18||18
|-
|1994||18||17||0||0||1||0||19||17
|-
|1995||rowspan="2"|Honda
Honda F.C.
are a Japanese football club based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. They play in the Japan Football League.-History:The club was founded as in 1971. They were promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1975 and to the JSL Division 1 in 1981; the closest they came to the title was in...
||rowspan="2"|Football League
Japan Football League
The is the 3rd tier of the Japanese association football league system, following J. League Division 1 and J. League Division 2. Also known as the JFL, it is generally considered as the top amateur league in Japan although in reality it is a semi-professional league as many full-time footballers...
||30||31||1||0||colspan="2"|-||31||31
|-
|1996||30||36||2||1||colspan="2"|-||32||37
|-
|1997||rowspan="2"|Bellmare Hiratsuka
Shonan Bellmare
are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka. The name Bellmare is derived from the Latin "bellum" for "war" and "mare"...
||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||27||18||3||4||6||8||36||30
|-
|1998||29||18||2||0||0||0||31||18
|-
|1999||rowspan="2"|Nagoya Grampus Eight
Nagoya Grampus Eight
are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp...
||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||23||13||5||2||6||4||34||19
|-
|2000||28||10||1||1||4||0||33||11
|-
|2001||Tokyo||J. League 1||10||3||0||0||2||4||12||7
|-
|2001||rowspan="2"|Avispa Fukuoka
Avispa Fukuoka
For the record label, see Avispa. is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1 having been promoted from J. League Division 2 in the 2010 season. The team is located in Hakata, Fukuoka. "Avispa" means "wasp" in Spanish.-In Fujieda:The club was founded as...
||J. League 1||8||7||0||0||0||0||8||7
|-
|2002||J. League 2
J. League Division 2
The or is the second division of and is the second-tier professional association football league in Japan. Currently, J. League Division 2 is the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The first tier is represented by J...
||19||6||2||0||colspan="2"|-||21||6
349||239||16||8||19||16||384||263
349||239||16||8||19||16||384||263
|}
International career statistics
|-|1997||6||3
|-
|1998||7||0
|-
|1999||7||2
|-
!Total||20||5
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