Love (footballer)

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 (age 45)
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

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

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]

  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. ^ [1] Archived 31 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Angola announce World Cup squad". news.bbc.co.uk. 14 May 2006. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Angola: Striker Love Cabungula Joins Petro De Luanda Temporarily". allafrica.com. 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Football: Love Cabungula appointed Angolan U-17 team's coach". ANGOP Angolan News Agency. 18 April 2018. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.