Love (footballer)

Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula or Love[2] (born 14 March 1979) is an Angolan former professional footballer. A as a forward, he was Angolan top scorer twice in 2004 and 2005. He won three Girabola titles with ASA.

This article is about the Angolan footballer nicknamed Love. For the Brazilian footballer, see Vágner Love.

Love
Love at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula[1]
Date of birth (1979-03-14) 14 March 1979
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2006 ASA (61)
2007–2010 Primeiro de Agosto (29)
2010–2012 Petro Luanda 35 (22)
2013–2014 Kabuscorp 28 (14)
2015 Recreativo da Caála 8 (1)
2015–2016 Sagrada Esperança 26 (5)
2017 ASA 15 (3)
International career
2001–2014 Angola 79 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He is a former member of the Angola national team and played regularly, usually as a substitute. He was in his country's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.[3]

1º de Agosto striker Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula "Love" was a new addition for Petro de Luanda football team, for the second half of national first division soccer league, also dubbed Girabola 2010. The athlete was loaned from 1º de Agosto to Petro de Luanda for a six-month period, with the contract ending in December 2010.[4]

In 2017, he was appointed as the Angolan U17 national team head coach and concurrently, he is serving as an assistant manager with the Angola national football team.[5]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Angola 200120
200200
200330
2004102
200562
2006113
200751
2008100
200970
201020
201141
201230
201300
201431
201500
201620
201700
Total6810
Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Love goal.
List of international goals scored by Love[6][7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
19 May 2004Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Namibia1–02–12004 COSAFA Cup
22–0
313 August 2005Mmabatho Stadium, Mafikeng, South Africa Zimbabwe1–01–22005 COSAFA Cup
417 August 2005Estádio José Gomes, Lisbon, Portugal Cape Verde2–12–1Friendly
529 April 2006Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho Mauritius5–15–12006 COSAFA Cup
62 June 2006Offermans Joosten Stadion, Sittard, Netherlands Turkey2–22–3Friendly
717 September 2006National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe2–12–12006 COSAFA Cup
817 June 2007Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Swaziland2–03–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
918 December 2011Estádio Sagrada Esperança, Dundo, Angola Zambia1–01–0Friendly
1015 October 2014Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola Lesotho4–04–02015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Angola" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. Archived 31 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Angola announce World Cup squad". news.bbc.co.uk. 14 May 2006. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  4. "Angola: Striker Love Cabungula Joins Petro De Luanda Temporarily". allafrica.com. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. "Football: Love Cabungula appointed Angolan U-17 team's coach". ANGOP Angolan News Agency. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  6. "Cabingula, Love". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  7. Arsénio Sebastião Cabúngula "Love" – International Appearances
  • Love at National-Football-Teams.com


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