Wagner Santos Lago (born 1 January 1978), known as Wagner, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who is the current manager of the Široki Brijeg U19 team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wagner Santos Lago | ||
| Date of birth | (1978-01-01) 1 January 1978 (age 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Ilhéus, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Široki Brijeg U19 (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Jaboticabal Atlético | 12 | (3) |
| 2003–2005 | Posušje | 58 | (35) |
| 2005–2018 | Široki Brijeg | 239 | (90) |
| 2018–2020 | Imotski | ||
| Total | 309 | (128) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2020 | Široki Brijeg U19 | ||
| 2021– | Široki Brijeg U19 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played 13 years for Bosnian Premier League club Široki Brijeg, where he was also the club captain and won one league title and three cups.[1] Wagner would later go on to manage the under-19 team of Široki Brijeg.
Born in Ilhéus, Brazil, Wagner began playing football with local clubs in the Bahia, Goiás and São Paulo state competitions before embarking on a fifteen-year career in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He left Jaboticabal Atlético for Posušje in July 2003.[2]
In the summer of 2005, Wagner went to Široki Brijeg where he played the best games in his entire career and also won one league title and three national cups. He had an average of more than ten goals per season while playing for Široki Brijeg. In the 2013–14 league season, Wagner was the league top goalscorer, scoring 18 goals in that season.
He left Široki at the age of 40, setting a record of 125 goals and 297 appearances in the Bosnian Premier League with Široki Brijeg and Posušje.[3]
In August 2018, Wagner signed a part-time contract with Croatian 3. HNL club Imotski.[4]
On 1 July 2020, after finishing his playing career, Wagner became the new manager of the under-19 team of Široki Brijeg. In his first game as manager, Wagner's team lost against the under-19 team of Željezničar on 9 August 2020.[5]
Wagner's brother, Ricardo, was also a professional footballer who played with Wagner at Široki Brijeg and became a naturalised Bosnian international.[6]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Široki Brijeg U19 | 1 July 2020 | 31 December 2020 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | +0 | 030.00 |
| Široki Brijeg U19 | 1 July 2021 | Present | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 038.46 |
| Total | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 034.78 | ||
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