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.

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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

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

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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

References

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  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.
  6. ^ a b "Cabingula, Love". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Arsénio Sebastião Cabúngula "Love" – International Appearances". Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
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  • Love at National-Football-Teams.com