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 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.

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 46)
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)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Angola African Nations Championship Runner-up 2011 Sudan
* 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 team	Year	Apps	Goals
Angola	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

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
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

Honours

Angola

• African Nations Championship: runner-up 2011^[8][9]