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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
Date of birth	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
1985–1987	São Paulo
1987–1990	Nissan Motors
1990–1994	Kashiwa Reysol
1995–1996	Honda
1997–1998	Bellmare Hiratsuka
1999–2000	Nagoya Grampus Eight
2001	FC Tokyo
2001–2002	Avispa Fukuoka
Total
International career
1997–1999	Japan
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
Nissan Motors
Nagoya Grampus Eight
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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

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

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.^[2]

Managerial career

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.^[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

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			State League		National cup		League cup		Total
Club	Season	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	Football League	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	J1 League	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	J1 League	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^[2]
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