Love (footballer)

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

Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula or Love^[2] (born March 14, 1979) is an Angolan retired footballer. He has been Angolan top scorer twice in 2004 and 2005. He played as a forward in his home country. He has won 3 Girabola titles with ASA.

Love

Personal information
Full name	Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula^[1]
Date of birth	(1979-03-14) March 14, 1979 (age 43)
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2006	ASA		(30)
2007–2010	Primeiro de Agosto		(20)
2010–2012	Petro Luanda		(22)
2013–2014	Kabuscorp		(15)
2015	Recreativo da Caála
2015–2016	Sagrada Esperança
2017	ASA	8	(5)
International career^‡
2001–2014	Angola	79	(11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 March 2017

He is a member of the Angola national team and played regularly, though 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]

National team statistics

^[6]

Angola national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2001	2	0
2002	0	0
2003	3	0
2004	10	2
2005	6	2
2006	11	3
2007	5	1
2008	10	0
2009	7	0
2010	2	0
2011	4	1
2012	3	0
2013	0	0
2014	3	1
2015	0	0
2016	2	0
2017	0	0
Total	68	10

International goals

Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first.^[6][7]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	9 May 2004	Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola	Namibia	1–0	2–1	2004 COSAFA Cup
2.				2–0
3.	13 August 2005	Mmabatho Stadium, Mafikeng, South Africa	Zimbabwe	1–0	1–2	2005 COSAFA Cup
4.	17 August 2005	Estádio José Gomes, Lisbon, Portugal	Cape Verde	2–1	2–1	Friendly
5.	29 April 2006	Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho	Mauritius	5–1	5–1	2006 COSAFA Cup
6.	2 June 2006	Offermans Joosten Stadion, Sittard, Netherlands	Turkey	2–2	2–3	Friendly
7.	17 September 2006	National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2–1	2–1	2006 COSAFA Cup
8.	17 June 2007	Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola	Swaziland	2–0	3–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9.	18 December 2011	Estádio Sagrada Esperança, Dundo, Angola	Zambia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
10.	15 October 2014	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola	Lesotho	4–0	4–0	2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

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

External links

• Love at National-Football-Teams.com