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Love at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula
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

Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula or Love (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.

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.

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.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Love goal.

List of international goals scored by Love

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

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. ^ "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.

External links

• Love at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Angola squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations
1 J. Ricardo 2 Jacinto 3 Jamba 4 Lebo Lebo 5 Kali 6 Miloy 7 Figueiredo 8 Macanga 9 Mantorras 10 Akwá 11 Macaba 12 Lamá 13 Édson 14 Mendonça 15 Maurito 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Titi Buengo 20 Locó 21 Delgado 22 Goliath 23 Abreu Coach: Oliveira Gonçalves

v t e Angola squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 J. Ricardo 2 Airosa 3 Jamba 4 Lebo Lebo 5 Kali 6 Miloy 7 Figueiredo 8 André 9 Mantorras 10 Akwá (c) 11 Mateus 12 Lamá 13 Édson 14 Mendonça 15 R. Marques 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Titi Buengo 20 Locó 21 Delgado 22 Mário 23 Abreu Coach: Oliveira Gonçalves

v t e Angola squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Lamá 2 Airosa 3 Jamba 4 Machado 5 Kali 6 Yamba Asha 7 Figueiredo 8 André 9 Mateus 10 Maurito 11 Gilberto 12 Nuno 13 Édson 14 Mendonça 15 Rui Marques 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Dédé 20 Locó 21 Delgado 22 Mário 23 Manucho Coach: Oliveira Gonçalves

v t e Angola squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Lamá 2 Jamuana 3 Enoque 4 Dias Caires 5 Kali 6 Davíd 7 Job 8 Xara 9 Mantorras 10 Zuela 11 Gilberto 12 Johnson 13 Carlos 14 Djalma 15 Rui Marques 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Dédé 20 Stélvio 21 Mabiná 22 Wilson 23 Manucho Coach: Manuel José

v t e Angola squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Wilson 2 Airosa 3 Osório 4 Dani Massunguna 5 Kali 6 Dédé 7 Djalma 8 André Macanga 9 Manucho 10 Zuela 11 Gilberto 12 Jaime 13 Carlos 14 Amaro 15 Miguel 16 Flávio 17 Mateus 18 Love 19 Rafael 20 Manucho Barros 21 Mingo Bile 22 Hugo 23 Vunguidica Coach: Vidigal

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