Wagner Lopes

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

Wagner Lopes

Lopes at Nissan Motors
Personal information
Full name	Wagner Augusto Lopes
Date of birth	29 January 1969 (aged 56)
Place of birth	Franca, Brazil
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

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.

Club

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	Série A	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	1986		0	0	10	1	0	0	—		10	1
	1987		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	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

Appearances and goals by national team and year

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	Korea Republic	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

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

Player

São Paulo

• Campeonato Paulista: 1985, 1987

Nissan Motors

• Japan Soccer League: 1988–89, 1989–90
• JSL Cup: 1988, 1989, 1990
• Emperor's Cup: 1988, 1989

Nagoya Grampus

• Emperor's Cup: 1999

Manager

Paulista

• Copa Paulista: 2011

Atlético Goianiense

• Campeonato Goiano: 2019

Individual

• Asian Goal of the Month: November 1997