Nani

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

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|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|||||
|rowspan=9|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|||||
|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|||
|rowspan=4|Orlando City|2019|MLS|30|12|3|0|—|—|—|33|12||||
|2020|MLS|19|6|—|2|1|—|4|2|25|9|||||
|2021|MLS|28|10|—|1|0|1|0|—|30|10|||||
|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||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=12|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|||

- _Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Nani goal._

|scope=col|No.|scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 September 2006|Brøndby Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark|1||2–2|2–4|Friendly||||||||||
|2 June 2007|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium|6||1–0|2–1|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying||||||||||
|20 August 2008|Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal|17||5–0|5–0|Friendly||||||||||
|6 September 2008|Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta|18||4–0|4–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|10 September 2008|Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal|19||1–0|2–3|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|14 October 2009|Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal|31||1–0|4–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|1 June 2010|Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal|36||3–1|3–1|Friendly||||||||||
|8 October 2010|Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal|39||1–0|3–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||||
|align=center|2–0|||||||||||||||
|7 October 2011|Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal|48||1–0|5–3|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||||
|align=center|2–0|||||||||||||||
|15 November 2011|Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal|51||2–0|6–2|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||||
|2 June 2012|Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal|54||1–2|1–3|Friendly||||||||||
|15 October 2013|Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal|70||2–0|3–0|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|22 June 2014|Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil|77||1–0|2–2|2014 FIFA World Cup||||||||||
|11 October 2015|Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia|90||1–0|2–1|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying||||||||||
|17 November 2015|Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg|92||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||||
|29 March 2016|Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal|94||1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||||
|14 June 2016|Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France|97||1–0|1–1|UEFA Euro 2016||||||||||
|22 June 2016|Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, France|99||1–1|3–3|UEFA Euro 2016||||||||||
|6 July 2016|Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, France|102||2–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2016||||||||||
|1 September 2016|Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal|104||1–0|5–0|Friendly||||||||||
|align=center|2–0|||||||||||||||
|24 June 2017|Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia|110||4–0|4–0|2017 FIFA Confederations Cup||||||||||

## Honours

**Sporting CP**
- Taça de Portugal: 2006–07, 2014–15, 2018–19
- Taça da Liga: 2018–19

**Manchester United**
- Premier League: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
- Football League Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10
- FA Community Shield: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
- UEFA Champions League: 2007–08
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2008

**Portugal**
- UEFA European Championship: 2016

**Individual**
- SJPF Young Player of the Month: May 2007
- PFA Team of the Year: 2010–11 Premier League
- Most assists in the Premier League: 2010–11
- Manchester United Players' Player of the Year: 2010–11
- SJPF Player of the Month: October/November 2014
- Sporting CP Footballer of the Year: 2015
- MLS All-Star: 2019, 2021

**Orders**
- Commander of the Order of Merit

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Nani
- **image**: New Zealand-Portugal Nani.jpg
- **caption**: Nani with Portugal national football team, Portugal in 2017
- **fullname**: Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha
- **birth place**: Amadora, Portugal
- **height**: 1.77 m
- **position**: Midfielder#Winger, Winger
- **currentclub**: C.F. Estrela da Amadora, Estrela da Amadora
- **clubnumber**: 17
- **youthyears1**: 2000–2003
- **youthclubs1**: Real Sport Clube, Real Massamá
- **youthyears2**: 2003–2005
- **youthclubs2**: Sporting CP
- **years1**: 2005–2007
- **clubs1**: Sporting CP
- **caps1**: 58
- **goals1**: 9
- **years2**: 2007–2015
- **clubs2**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps2**: 147
- **goals2**: 25
- **years3**: 2014–2015
- **clubs3**: → Sporting CP (loan)
- **caps3**: 27
- **goals3**: 7
- **years4**: 2015–2016
- **clubs4**: Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe
- **caps4**: 28
- **goals4**: 8
- **years5**: 2016–2018
- **clubs5**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **caps5**: 25
- **goals5**: 5
- **years6**: 2017–2018
- **clubs6**: → S.S. Lazio, Lazio (loan)
- **caps6**: 18
- **goals6**: 3
- **years7**: 2018–2019
- **clubs7**: Sporting CP
- **caps7**: 18
- **goals7**: 7
- **years8**: 2019–2021
- **clubs8**: Orlando City SC, Orlando City
- **caps8**: 77
- **goals8**: 28
- **years9**: 2022
- **clubs9**: Venezia F.C., Venezia
- **caps9**: 10
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2022–2023
- **clubs10**: Melbourne Victory FC, Melbourne Victory
- **caps10**: 10
- **goals10**: 0
- **years11**: 2023–2024
- **clubs11**: Adana Demirspor
- **caps11**: 28
- **goals11**: 4
- **years12**: 2024–
- **clubs12**: C.F. Estrela da Amadora, Estrela Amadora
- **caps12**: 6
- **goals12**: 1
- **nationalyears1**: 2006–2007
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national under-21 football team, Portugal U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 11
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2006
- **nationalteam2**: Portugal national football B team, Portugal B
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2006–2017
- **nationalteam3**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps3**: 112
- **nationalgoals3**: 24
- **club-update**: 2 September 2024