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Nani

Portuguese association football player

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.

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 37)[2]
Place of birth Amadora, Portugal[3][4]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[5]
Position(s) Winger
Club 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)
2014–2015 → Sporting CP (loan) 27 (7)
2015–2016 Fenerbahçe 28 (8)
2016–2018 Valencia 25 (5)
2017–2018 → Lazio (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)
National team
2006–2007 Portugal U21 11 (1)
2006 Portugal B 1 (0)
2006–2017 Portugal 112 (24)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2016
FIFA Confederations Cup
Third place 2017
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 September 2024

Career statistics

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Club

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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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting CP 2005–06 Primeira Liga 29 4 5 1 — 2 0 — 36 5
2006–07 Primeira Liga 29 5 5 0 — 6 1 — 40 6
Total 58 9 10 1 — 8 1 — 76 11
Manchester United 2007–08 Premier League 26 3 2 1 1 0 11 0 1 0 41 4
2008–09 Premier League 13 1 2 2 6 3 7 0 3 0 31 6
2009–10 Premier League 23 3 0 0 2 0 8 2 1 1 34 6
2010–11 Premier League 33 9 3 0 0 0 12 1 1 0 49 10
2011–12 Premier League 29 8 1 0 0 0 9 0 1 2 40 10
2012–13 Premier League 11 1 5 1 1 1 4 0 — 21 3
2013–14 Premier League 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13 1
2014–15 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 147 25 13 4 11 4 52 4 7 3 230 40
Sporting CP (loan) 2014–15 Primeira Liga 27 7 3 1 0 0 7 4 — 37 12
Fenerbahçe 2015–16 Süper Lig 28 8 6 3 — 13 1 — 47 12
Valencia 2016–17 La Liga 25 5 1 0 — — — 26 5
Lazio (loan) 2017–18 Serie A 18 3 1 0 — 6 0 — 25 3
Sporting CP 2018–19 Primeira Liga 18 7 3 1 2 0 5 1 — 28 9
Orlando City 2019 MLS 30 12 3 0 — — — 33 12
2020 MLS 19[nb 5] 6 — 2 1 — 4 2 25 9
2021 MLS 28 10 — 1 0 1 0 — 30 10
Total 77 28 3 0 3 1 1 0 4 2 88 31
Venezia 2021–22 Serie A 10 0 — — — — 10 0
Melbourne Victory 2022–23 A-League 10 0 1 0 — — — 11 0
Adana Demirspor 2023–24 Süper Lig 28 4 1 0 — 5 0 — 34 4
Estrela Amadora 2024–25 Primeira Liga 4 0 1 0 0 0 — — 4 1
Career total 450 96 42 10 16 5 97 11 11 5 616 127
  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 team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 2006 4 1
2007 7 1
2008 11 3
2009 11 1
2010 7 3
2011 10 3
2012 14 1
2013 8 1
2014 11 1
2015 9 2
2016 14 6
2017 6 1
Total 112 24
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 2006 Brøndby Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 1   Denmark 2–2 2–4 Friendly
2 2 June 2007 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 6   Belgium 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3 20 August 2008 Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 17   Faroe Islands 5–0 5–0 Friendly
4 6 September 2008 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta 18   Malta 4–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 10 September 2008 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal 19   Denmark 1–0 2–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 14 October 2009 Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal 31   Malta 1–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 1 June 2010 Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal 36   Cameroon 3–1 3–1 Friendly
8 8 October 2010 Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal 39   Denmark 1–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
9 2–0
10 7 October 2011 Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal 48   Iceland 1–0 5–3 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
11 2–0
12 15 November 2011 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal 51   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 6–2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
13 2 June 2012 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal 54   Turkey 1–2 1–3 Friendly
14 15 October 2013 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal 70   Luxembourg 2–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
15 22 June 2014 Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil 77   United States 1–0 2–2 2014 FIFA World Cup
16 11 October 2015 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 90   Serbia 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
17 17 November 2015 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg 92   Luxembourg 2–0 2–0 Friendly
18 29 March 2016 Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal 94   Belgium 1–0 2–1 Friendly
19 14 June 2016 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France 97   Iceland 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 2016
20 22 June 2016 Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, France 99   Hungary 1–1 3–3 UEFA Euro 2016
21 6 July 2016 Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, France 102   Wales 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016
22 1 September 2016 Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal 104   Gibraltar 1–0 5–0 Friendly
23 2–0
24 24 June 2017 Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia 110   New Zealand 4–0 4–0 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Honours

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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. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 "Nani: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "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. 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.
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