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Nani
Nani with Portugal in 2017
Personal information
Full name Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha[1]
Date of birth (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Amadora, Portugal[3][4]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[5]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Estrela da Amadora
Number 17
Youth career
2000–2003 Real Massamá
2003–2005 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Sporting CP 58 (9)
2007–2015 Manchester United 147 (25)
2014–2015Sporting CP (loan) 27 (7)
2015–2016 Fenerbahçe 28 (8)
2016–2018 Valencia 25 (5)
2017–2018Lazio (loan) 18 (3)
2018–2019 Sporting CP 18 (7)
2019–2021 Orlando City 77 (28)
2022 Venezia 10 (0)
2022–2023 Melbourne Victory 10 (0)
2023–2024 Adana Demirspor 28 (4)
2024– Estrela Amadora 6 (1)
International career
2006–2007 Portugal U21 11 (1)
2006 Portugal B 1 (0)
2006–2017 Portugal 112 (24)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Winner2016
FIFA Confederations Cup
Third place2017
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2024

Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha ComM (born 17 November 1986), commonly known as Nani (pt), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Primeira Liga club Estrela da Amadora.

Career statistics

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As of match played 31 August 2024[6][7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[nb 1] League Cup[nb 2] Continental[nb 3] Other[nb 4] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting CP 2005–06 Primeira Liga 2945120365
2006–07 Primeira Liga 2955061406
Total 589101817611
Manchester United 2007–08 Premier League 263211011010414
2008–09 Premier League 13122637030316
2009–10 Premier League 23300208211346
2010–11 Premier League 3393000121104910
2011–12 Premier League 298100090124010
2012–13 Premier League 111511140213
2013–14 Premier League 11000101100131
2014–15 Premier League 10000010
Total 147251341145247323040
Sporting CP (loan) 2014–15 Primeira Liga 2773100743712
Fenerbahçe 2015–16 Süper Lig 288631314712
Valencia 2016–17 La Liga 25510265
Lazio (loan) 2017–18 Serie A 1831060253
Sporting CP 2018–19 Primeira Liga 187312051289
Orlando City 2019 MLS 3012303312
2020 MLS 19[nb 5]62142259
2021 MLS 281010103010
Total 7728303110428831
Venezia 2021–22 Serie A 100100
Melbourne Victory 2022–23 A-League 10010110
Adana Demirspor 2023–24 Süper Lig 2841050344
Estrela Amadora 2024–25 Primeira Liga 40100041
Career total 4509642101659711115616127
  1. Includes Taça de Portugal, FA Cup, Turkish Cup, Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia, U.S. Open Cup and Australia Cup.
  2. Includes Taça da Liga, Football League Cup and MLS Cup Playoffs
  3. Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League and Leagues Cup
  4. Includes other competitive competitions, including FA Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and MLS is Back Tournament knockout stage
  5. Includes three appearances and one goal in the MLS is Back Tournament group stage

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal 200641
200771
2008113
2009111
201073
2011103
2012141
201381
2014111
201592
2016146
201761
Total11224
Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Nani goal.[9]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 September 2006Brøndby Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark1 Denmark2–22–4Friendly
2 2 June 2007King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium6 Belgium1–02–1UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3 20 August 2008Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal17 Faroe Islands5–05–0Friendly
4 6 September 2008Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta18 Malta4–04–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 10 September 2008Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal19 Denmark1–02–32010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 14 October 2009Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal31 Malta1–04–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 1 June 2010Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal36 Cameroon3–13–1Friendly
8 8 October 2010Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal39 Denmark1–03–1UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
9 2–0
10 7 October 2011Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal48 Iceland1–05–3UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
11 2–0
12 15 November 2011Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal51 Bosnia and Herzegovina2–06–2UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
13 2 June 2012Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal54 Turkey1–21–3Friendly
14 15 October 2013Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal70 Luxembourg2–03–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
15 22 June 2014Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil77 United States1–02–22014 FIFA World Cup
16 11 October 2015Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia90 Serbia1–02–1UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
17 17 November 2015Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg92 Luxembourg2–02–0Friendly
18 29 March 2016Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal94 Belgium1–02–1Friendly
19 14 June 2016Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France97 Iceland1–01–1UEFA Euro 2016
20 22 June 2016Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, France99 Hungary1–13–3UEFA Euro 2016
21 6 July 2016Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, France102 Wales2–02–0UEFA Euro 2016
22 1 September 2016Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal104 Gibraltar1–05–0Friendly
23 2–0
24 24 June 2017Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia110 New Zealand4–04–02017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Sporting CP

Manchester United

Portugal

Individual

Orders

References

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  1. "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 20 March 2018. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. "Nani". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  3. Pinto, Adriano (3 February 2010). "Nani trabalha forte no Manchester com o pensamento no Mundial" [Nani works hard at Manchester while thinking of the World Cup]. Nha Terra (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  4. "Nani". Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. "Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha - Melbourne Victory". melbournevictory.com.au. Retrieved 2023-04-08.[permanent dead link]
  6. "Nani". ESPN Soccernet. ESPN. Archived from the original on 10 September 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  7. Endlar, Andrew. "Nani". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Nani: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Football player: Nani". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  10. "Nani: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  11. "Spurs' Gareth Bale wins PFA player of the year award". BBC Sport. 17 April 2011. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  12. "Premier League Player Stats - Assists". premierleague.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2022. Select season in the "Filter by season" drop-down menu.
  13. Froggatt, Mark (18 May 2011). "Nani is players' choice". Manchester United. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  14. "Liga: Nani eleito melhor jogador de outubro/novembro" (in Portuguese). TVI24. 14 December 2014. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  15. "Adrien Silva e William Carvalho em destaque nos Prémios Stromp" [Adrien Silva and William Carvalho highlighted at the Stromp Awards] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  16. "2019 MLS All-Star Roster". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  17. "2021 MLS All-Star Team Roster". MLSsoccer.
  18. "Seleção recebe insígnias de Marcelo no Porto" [National team receives insignia from Marcelo in Porto] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.