Love (footballer)

{{short description|Angolan footballer}}

{{About|the Angolan footballer nicknamed Love|the Brazilian footballer|Vágner Love}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Love

| image = FIFA World Cup 2006, Iran 1-1 Angola (18).jpg

| caption = Love at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

| full_name = Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Angola |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|3|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Luanda, Angola

| height = 1.81 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1999–2006

| clubs1 = ASA

| caps1 =

| goals1 = 61

| years2 = 2007–2010

| clubs2 = Primeiro de Agosto

| caps2 =

| goals2 = 29

| years3 = 2010–2012

| clubs3 = Petro Luanda

| caps3 = 35

| goals3 = 22

| years4 = 2013–2014

| clubs4 = Kabuscorp

| caps4 = 28

| goals4 = 14

| years5 = 2015

| clubs5 = Recreativo da Caála

| caps5 = 8

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2015–2016

| clubs6 = Sagrada Esperança

| caps6 = 26

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2017

| clubs7 = ASA

| caps7 = 15

| goals7 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2001–2014

| nationalteam1 = Angola

| nationalcaps1 = 79

| nationalgoals1 = 11

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{fb|ANG}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|African Nations Championship}}

{{Medal|RU|2011 Sudan|}}

}}

Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula or Love[http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/player/181569_LOVE.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060531111926/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/player/181569_LOVE.html|date=31 May 2006}} (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.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/angola/4770241.stm |title=Angola announce World Cup squad |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk |date=14 May 2006 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309111827/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/angola/4770241.stm |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite web |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201007020691.html |title=Angola: Striker Love Cabungula Joins Petro De Luanda Temporarily |publisher=allafrica.com |date=2 July 2010 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |archive-date=16 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016190603/http://allafrica.com/stories/201007020691.html |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.angop.ao/angola/en_us/noticias/desporto/2018/3/16/Football-Love-Cabungula-appointed-Angolan-team-coach,c2e72585-3bf6-4a7e-b562-d0314cfb0b06.html |title=Football: Love Cabungula appointed Angolan U-17 team's coach |publisher=ANGOP Angolan News Agency |date=18 April 2018 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |archive-date=24 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224170512/http://www.angop.ao/angola/en_us/noticias/desporto/2018/3/16/Football-Love-Cabungula-appointed-Angolan-team-coach,c2e72585-3bf6-4a7e-b562-d0314cfb0b06.html |url-status=live }}