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Nani (footballer)
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Nani
Personal information
Full name Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha
Date of birth 17 November 1986
Place of birth Amadora, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Wing forward
Club information
Current club Flag of Portugal Sporting
Number 18
Youth clubs
Massama
Sporting CP Youth Academy
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2005- Flag of Portugal Sporting CP 38 (8)
National team2
2006- Flag of Portugal Portugal 5 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of October 27, 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of March 28, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)
Nani fullname Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha (b. 17 November 1986 in Amadora) is a Portuguese football (soccer) midfielder, currently plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal.
[edit] Football career
Nani started his career at his local club Massama on the outskirts of Lisbon before joining Sporting Clube de Portugal youth system.
Nani is the latest outstanding talent to be produced by Sporting’s seemingly endless conveyor belt of world-class wingers. The same system that produced Luis Figo, Simão, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ricardo Quaresma appears to have unearthed another sensation capable of attaining the heights of such exalted company.
His speed, strength and skill have led many to compare him with Cristiano Ronaldo. He is equally at home on either flank.
He broke into the first team at 18 years of age, and made an immediate impression with his dazzling footwork and extreme speed, scoring 6 goals in his debut season.
Nani enjoyed a blistering start to the 2006/07 season with two goals in Sporting’s first two matches and another on his international debut where he gave a man-of-the-match display against Denmark.