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Former B.M.C. Durfee High School
student Wagner De Oliveira
has been signed to play soccer
for the Bulldogs of Union
Baptist University in Jackson,
Tennessee.
De Oliveira arrived in the USA
in 2002, at the age of 18,
enrolled as a senior at B.M.C.
Durfee High School in Fall
River, MA but did not play
soccer as it was at the end of
the soccer season. He returned
to Brazil later in 2002
enrolling at the Federal
University of Ouro Preto,
majoring in Arts. He spent two
seasons playing soccer at the
University level in Brazil
before transferring back to the
Fall River area. Last year, De
Oliveira competed in the Norfolk
County Futsal League in
Mansfield, Massachusetts in a
Mens' division finishing in 2nd
place at the Massachusetts State
Cup as the Pride FC Mens Team
from Fall River coached by Bill
Sampaio. He went on to play at
the United States Futsal
Federation Regional Championship
games held in Monroeville, PA as
part of the Santa Clara Mens
Futsal squad based out of the
Fall River & Somerset,
Massachusetts communities.
Coach Bill Sampaio says, "It was
right away that you can see what
a top caliber player Wagner De
Oliveira is on the Futsal pitch.
Futsal is a sport that he has
played since he was 6 years old.
This past May I encouraged him
to consider playing for Union
University and I contacted my
friend Coach Clovis Simas at the
University." Coach Simas is a
World Futsal Champion playing
for Brazil, capturing that title
in 1996. Coach Simas was quickly
impressed with Wagner's
technique and his keen desire to
score goals. Wagner was offered
a full scholarship to attend
Union University and will travel
to Jackson Tennessee on August
7th to join a strong Union
University Bulldog soccer squad.
Coach Clovis Simas of Union
University & Head Coach Marcelo
Galvao of Oklahoma Baptist
University, have both urged
coach Bill Sampaio to encourage
more local players to consider
their universities. Sampaio, the
National Director of Coaches for
the United States Futsal
Federation expects to encourage
and assist more local standouts
to these and other universities
as well in the future.
Coincidentally, Coach Galvao, is
a former futsal player and is
currently the President of the
Oklahoma Futsal Association.
Wagner's younger brother Victor
is also a lefty, like his
brother, and plays soccer for
Coach David Plourde at B.M.C.
Durfee High School in Fall
River. "It will be nice to play
with my brother on the same team
in the near future... If he can
make it", says Wagner, jokingly.
PLAYER BIO:
NAME:
WAGNER FREITAS FERNANDES DE
OLIVEIRA IPATINGA, Minas Gerais,
BRAZIL
CLUBS:
JABAQUARA FC, VENEZIANA FC
STARTED PLAYING FUTSAL WHEN HE
WAS 6 YEARS OLD.
CONTINUED TO PLAY BOTH FUTSAL
AND FUTEBOL SOCIETY.
STARTED PLAYING ORGANIZED SOCCER
WHEN HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD,
PRACTICING 4 TIMES A WEEK AND
GAMES ON WEEK-ENDS.
THOUGHOUT HIS CAREER, WAGNER HAS
PLAYED LEFT WING, STRIKER,
MIDFIELD
AND GOALIE.
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08/07/2005:
Futsal's Wagner De Oliveira to play at Union University
