Wagner Lopes

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Wagner Lopes
呂比須 ワグナー
Lopes as head coach of Botafogo-SP in 2020
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)
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
Medal record
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wagner Augusto Lopes[2] (呂比須 ワグナー, Ropesu Wagunā, born 29 January 1969) is a football coach and former player who played as a forward.

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[edit]

Lopes with Nissan Motors

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 years in a row.

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 years in a row (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[edit]

In 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.[3]

Managerial career[edit]

Lopes 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.[4] In May, he resigned and was subsequently appointed manager of Pão de Açúcar Esporte Clube.[5]

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.[6] In that season, he also managed São Bernardo.[7]

In the 2014 campaign, Lopes was in charge of Botafogo-SP, Criciúma and Atlético Goianiense. In the following year, he took over Goiás[8] and Bragantino.[9][10]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

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[11] Série A 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
1986[12] 0 0 10 1 0 0 — 10 1
1987[13] 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]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[3]
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[edit]

[14]

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[edit]

Player[edit]

São Paulo

Nissan Motors

Nagoya Grampus

Manager[edit]

Paulista

Atlético Goianiense

Individual[edit]

  • Asian Goal of the Month: November 1997[15]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Hitachi" until 1993

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wagner Lopes".
  2. ^ "Wagner Lopes".
  3. ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "EXCLUSIVO! Bragantino contrata Wagner Lopes, que dirigiu o Goiás no Brasileirão". Futebol Interior. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Bragantino ganha um presente de Natal inesperado: a saída do técnico Wagner Lopes". Futebol Interior. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  11. ^ "São Paulo Futebol Clube Matches – 1985". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  12. ^ "São Paulo Futebol Clube Matches – 1986". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  13. ^ "São Paulo Futebol Clube Matches – 1987". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  14. ^ Wagner Lopes manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  15. ^ "Lopez breaks away for award". Asian Football Confederation. 14 May 1998. Archived from the original on 14 May 1998.

External links[edit]

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