Nani
Nani playing for Portugal in 2012
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| Full name | Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 November 1986 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Praia, Cape Verde | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Winger | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Valencia | |||||||||||
| 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– | Valencia | 17 | (3) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Portugal U21 | 10 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2006– | Portugal | 105 | (23) | |||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 September 2016 |
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Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha, ComM (born 17 November 1986), commonly known as Nani (Portuguese pronunciation: [naˈni]) or Luís Nani, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Valencia CF and the Portugal national team. Although predominantly right-footed, he has been utilised on the left wing on many occasions.
Nani was born in Cape Verde and emigrated to Europe with his family at an early age. He was raised in Portugal and began his football career playing for local side Real Massamá. At the age of nine, he began training with Sporting Clube de Portugal and S.L. Benfica on alternate days, eventually joining Sporting's youth squad after they offered him pre-season training. In 2005, he made his professional debut with the club and won the Portuguese Cup during his second season with them. Nani was named the SJPF Young Player of the Month for May 2007 and his performances with Sporting culminated into a move to English club Manchester United in July 2007 for a fee of €25 million.
Nani won the Community Shield on his competitive debut at Manchester United and added a number of trophies, including the Premier League and Champions League during his debut season at the club. He established himself as first-choice winger at United and won a further three Premier League titles, the Football League Cup, one FIFA Club World Cup, and three Community Shield titles. Individually, Nani was included in the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Premier League Team of the Year on one occasion and was a nominee for the PFA Young Player of the Year in 2011. Following a loan back to Sporting, in which he won the Taça de Portugal, he was signed for £4.25 million by Fenerbahçe in July 2015, and a year later he signed for Valencia.
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