Nani

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 38)[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 2017
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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

Club

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

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

Sporting CP

• Taça de Portugal: 2006–07, 2014–15, 2018–19^[8]
• Taça da Liga: 2018–19^[8]

Manchester United

• Premier League: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13^[10]
• Football League Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10^[8]
• FA Community Shield: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011^[8]
• UEFA Champions League: 2007–08^[8]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2008^[8]

Portugal

• UEFA European Championship: 2016^[8]

Individual

• SJPF Young Player of the Month: May 2007^[source?]
• PFA Team of the Year: 2010–11 Premier League^[11]
• Most assists in the Premier League: 2010–11^[12]
• Manchester United Players' Player of the Year: 2010–11^[13]
• SJPF Player of the Month: October/November 2014^[14]
• Sporting CP Footballer of the Year: 2015^[15]
• MLS All-Star: 2019,^[16] 2021^[17]

Orders

• Commander of the Order of Merit^[18]

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