Vágner Kaetano Pereira

Who is Vágner Kaetano Pereira?

Vágner Kaetano Pereira, aka Pula is a Brazilian-born Russian futsal player who plays for MFK Dinamo Moskva and Russian national futsal team as a pivot.

He played for Russia at the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup 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 Solomon Islands, 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 Japan. 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.