Love (footballer)

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
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position 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
2001–2017 Angola 82 (13)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Angola
African Nations Championship
Runner-up2011 Sudan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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 teamYearAppsGoals
Angola 200140
200210
200360
2004112
200562
2006113
200741
200890
200970
201020
2011114
201230
201300
201431
201500
201620
201700
Total8213
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
19 May 2004Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Namibia1–02–12004 COSAFA Cup
22–0
313 August 2005Mmabatho Stadium, Mafikeng, South Africa Zimbabwe1–01–22005 COSAFA Cup
417 August 2005Estádio José Gomes, Lisbon, Portugal Cape Verde2–12–1Friendly
529 April 2006Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho Mauritius5–15–12006 COSAFA Cup
62 June 2006Offermans Joosten Stadion, Sittard, Netherlands Turkey2–22–3Friendly
717 September 2006National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe2–12–12006 COSAFA Cup
817 June 2007Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Swaziland2–03–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
915 February 2011AlHilal Stadium, Omdurman , Sudan Rwanda1-12-12011 African Nations Championship
1019 February 2011Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman , Sudan Sudan1-11-1 (4-2 PEN)
1114 December 2011Estádio Nacional do Chiazi , Cabinda, Angola Cameroon1-01-1Friendly
1218 December 2011Estádio Sagrada Esperança, Dundo, Angola Zambia1–01–0
1315 October 2014Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola Lesotho4–04–02015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Angola

References

  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. ↑ 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. 1 2 "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.
  8. ↑ "Chan Champion: Tunisia". Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "2011 African Nations Championship-Angola Squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  • Love at National-Football-Teams.com


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