Commonly known as Nani, the Portuguese footballer. His full name is Luís Carlos Almeida da, Cunha. He plays as a winger and Midfielder for the Current Team of English club Manchester United. Being a right-footed, he has been utilized on the left wing on many matches.
Early Life And Education Of Nani's
Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha was born on 17 November 1986 in Praia, Cape Verde. His parents immigrated to Europe at his early age. He was raised in Portugal and started playing football there.
Nani was connected to Sporting Clube de Portugal from his first club, Real Ma s sama. He played outstandingly with the club and later he was sold to Manchester United in 2007. The Transfer was made for €25.5 million in which five percent was paid to Real Ma s sama.
He scored his first debuting goal in a pre-season friendly match against Shenzhen. He made his competitive debut for United. In 2009, when Christiano Ronaldo was transferred to Real Madrid, all the expectation weighed upon Nani.
Then he followed several poor performances, he didn’t gave up and played several outstanding matches later. He renewed his contract with united in 2009 for until 2014 and again on 5 September 2013, he renewed his contract , which will keep him at the club until 2018.
Nani entered as the youngest member of the Portugal Squad at the 2006 UEFA U-21 Championship, making his debut on 23 May 2006 against France U-21. He made his entrance for the Portuguese National team on 1 September 2006, and debut with a goal in the friendly defeat against Denmark
. He was also called up for the Euro 2008 qualifiers and also appeared regularly in the Euro 2008 tournament. He also played his first World Cup in 2010 World Cup held in South Africa. He is also serving for his Nation in 2014 FIFA World Cup being held in Brazil. He wears N0.17 jersey for the team.
Nani's Personal Life
He is 1.75 m (5ft 9 in ) tall in Height and has 66 kg body Weight. He celebrates with a “mortal”, as celebrated by Obafemi Martins and Lomana LuaLua.
Nani's Net Worth, Awards, achievements and Salary
With Sporting CP, they won Taca de Portugal: 2006-07. After his transfer to Manchester United and with his appearance, United won Premier League for four times: 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11 and 2012-13. They also won Football League Cup 2008-09 and FA Community Shield for four times in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011. They also became the winner of UEFA Champions League 2007-08 and FIFA Club World Cup 2008.
Nani has been honored with different individual awards. He has been awarded with SJPF Young player of the Month in May 2007, PFA Premier League Team of the Year 2010-11. He was also honored with Manchester United Player’s Player of the Year 2010-11. His salary is €25.5 million.
by sushma, 18 Jun, 2014
