Wagner Augusto Lopes[1] (呂比須 ワグナー, Ropesu Wagunā, born 29 January 1969) is a Brazilian-Japanese football coach and former player who played as a forward.
 Lopes as head coach of Botafogo-SP in 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Wagner Augusto Lopes[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Japan | 20 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Comercial-SP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | PSS Sleman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born in Brazil, Lopes is a naturalised Japanese citizen and represented their national team on 20 occasions. After retiring he took up coaching, mainly working in both his home and footballing countries.
Club career
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Lopes was born in Franca, São Paulo and represented São Paulo FC as a youth. In 1987, after two years as a senior, he moved to Japan and signed with Japan Soccer League club Nissan Motors. From 1988 to 1990, the club won all three major titles in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup two consecutive seasons.
Lopes moved to Hitachi (later Kashiwa Reysol) in 1990. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and the club joined the new Japan Football League (JFL). The club won 2nd place in 1994 and secured promotion to the J1 League.
In 1994, after Kashiwa signed Müller, Lopes left the club. He joined JFL club Honda in 1995 where he was top scorer for two consecutive seasons (1995-1996). He moved to J1 League club Bellmare Hiratsuka in 1997, playing with Hidetoshi Nakata and scoring regularly. However, he left the club end of 1998 season due to financial strain and moved to Nagoya Grampus Eight, winning the 1999 Emperor's Cup.
Toward the end of his career, Lopes played for FC Tokyo (2001) and Avispa Fukuoka (2001–02). He retired at the end of the 2002 season.
International career
editIn September 1997, Lopes obtained Japanese citizenship. Immediately after this, he was called up to the Japan national team for the 1998 World Cup qualifiers. On 28 September, he made his national team debut against South Korea.
Lopes went on to play six games and scored three goals to help Japan qualify for their first-ever FIFA World Cup. At the 1998 World Cup, he played all three matches, assisting Masashi Nakayama in Japan's first-ever World Cup goal against Jamaica. He also played at the 1999 Copa America and scored twice.
Lopes played 20 games and scored five goals for Japan until 1999.[2]
Managerial career
editLopes started his career as Vágner Mancini's assistant at Paulista in 2005, helping the club win their first-ever national title, the 2005 Copa do Brasil. He left the club in 2007 due to health problems, but returned in December 2009. Initially an interim for the 2010 season, he was definitely appointed manager on 23 February.[3] In May, he resigned and was subsequently appointed manager of Pão de Açúcar Esporte Clube.[4]
Lopes returned to Paulista in 2011, winning the year's Copa Paulista before returning to Japan and being named Gamba Osaka's assistant manager in 2012. In October 2012, he was presented as manager of Comercial-SP manager for the ensuing campaign.[5] In that season, he also managed São Bernardo.[6]
In the 2014 campaign, Lopes was in charge of Botafogo-SP, Criciúma and Atlético Goianiense. In the following year, he took over Goiás[7] and Bragantino.[8][9]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | State League | National cup | League cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| São Paulo | 1985[10] | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 1986[11] | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| 1987[12] | 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
edit| 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.
| 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
edit| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Albirex Niigata | 2017 | 2017 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26.09 |
| Total | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26.09 | ||
Honours
editPlayer
editSão Paulo
- Campeonato Paulista: 1985, 1987
Nissan Motors
Nagoya Grampus
Manager
editPaulista
- Copa Paulista: 2011
Atlético Goianiense
- Campeonato Goiano: 2019
Individual
edit- Asian Goal of the Month: November 1997[14]
Notes
edit- ^ "Hitachi" until 1993
References
edit- ^ a b "Wagner Lopes".
- ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
- ^ "Paulista efetiva interino Wagner Lopes como treinador" [Paulista make Wagner Lopes a permanent manager] (in Brazilian Portuguese). IG Esporte. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Depois de pedir demissão do Paulista, Wagner Lopes será técnico do Pão de Açúcar" [After resigning from Paulista, Wagner Lopes will be the manager of Pão de Açúcar] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Esporte Jundiaí. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Wagner Lopes chega ao Comercial com discurso disciplinador" [Wagner Lopes arrives at Comercial with a disciplinarian speak] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Wagner Lopes é novo técnico do São Bernardo" [Wagner Lopes is the new manager of São Bernardo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Repórter Diário. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Wagner Lopes é o novo treinador do Goiás" [Wagner Lopes is the new manager of Goiás] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Goiás EC. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVO! Bragantino contrata Wagner Lopes, que dirigiu o Goiás no Brasileirão". Futebol Interior. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "Bragantino ganha um presente de Natal inesperado: a saída do técnico Wagner Lopes". Futebol Interior. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "São Paulo Futebol Clube Matches – 1985". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "São Paulo Futebol Clube Matches – 1986". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "São Paulo Futebol Clube Matches – 1987". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ Wagner Lopes manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ "Lopez breaks away for award". Asian Football Confederation. 14 May 1998. Archived from the original on 14 May 1998.
External links
edit- Wagner Lopes – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Wagner Lopes at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
