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born 29 January 1969 is a football coach of Luverdense 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.
Lopes moved to Kashiwa Reysol (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 FC in 1995 where he was top scorer for two consecutive seasons (1995-1996). He moved to J1 League club Shonan Bellmare 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, 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.
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. Japan National Football Team Database
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. In that season, he also managed São Bernardo.
In the 2014 campaign, Lopes was in charge of Botafogo-SP, Criciúma and Atlético Goianiense. In the following year, he took over Goiás and Bragantino.
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||
| São Paulo | 1985 | Série A | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | ||
| 1987 | 0 | ||
| Nissan Motors | 1987–88 | JSL Division 1 | 8 |
| 1988–89 | 3 | ||
| 1989–90 | 1 | ||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 1990–91 | JSL Division 2 | 33 |
| 1991–92 | JSL Division 1 | 8 | |
| 1992 | Football League | ||
| 1993 | 18 | ||
| 1994 | 17 | ||
| Honda FC | 1995 | Football League | |
| 1996 | |||
| Shonan Bellmare | 1997 | J1 League | 30 |
| 1998 | 18 | ||
| Nagoya Grampus | 1999 | J1 League | 19 |
| 2000 | 11 | ||
| FC Tokyo | 2001 | J1 League | 7 |
| Avispa Fukuoka | 2001 | J1 League | 7 |
| 2002 | J2 League | ||
| + Appearances and goals by national team and year | |
| Japan | 3 |
| 0 | |
| 2 | |
| + List of international goals scored by Wagner Lopes |
| 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 1999 Copa América |
| 1999 Copa América |
| Albirex Niigata | 2017 | 2017 |
Nissan Motors
Nagoya Grampus
Atlético Goianiense
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