Nani, Portugal - 38 years

Nani, Portugal has never been the best goal scorer in a league, but he has been part of the top scoring list in Premier League, Primeira Liga, Champions League, Süper Lig, European Championship and MLS. However, he has been the top assist provider once in the Premier League, England 2010/2011.

Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha, which is his full name, is a player who mostly played at the position of winger. He is 38 years old today, born on 17 November 1986 in Amadora, Portugal. In total he did 112 matches wearing his national team sweater and scored 24 goals in these games. He ended his football career as a player in 2024.

Sometimes Nani is also called Luis Nani.

Nani top scorer list postions

Below you will find all the times when Nani has been part of the top scorers list in a league or tournament.

League, Team Season Goals Position Age Winner/leader
MLS
2021
10
25 35 Valentin Castellanos
MLS
2020
8
10 34 Raul Ruidiaz
MLS
2019
12
15 33 Carlos Vela
European Championship
2016
3
2 29 Antoine Griezmann
Süper Lig
2015/2016
8
23 29 Mario Gomez
Champions League
2014/2015
4
17 28 Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar
Primeira Liga
2014/2015
7
21 28 Jackson Martinez
Premier League
2010/2011
9
25 24 Carlos Tevez and Dimitar Berbatov

Top 3 in assist charts

Here are all the occasions when Nani finished in the top 3 of the assist charts.

League, Team Season Assists Position Age
Süper Lig
2015/2016
8
3 29
Premier League
2010/2011
17
1 24

Trivia Nani

Here are various seasonal records that Nani has achieved and broken during his career.

Süper Lig
2015/2016

Longest assist streak

Assisted at least one goal in 4 matches in row
Premier League
2010/2011

Longest assist streak

Assisted at least one goal in 4 matches in row

Information about Nani

Complete name
Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha
Player position
Winger
Date of birth
17 November 1986
Place of birth
Amadora, Portugal
Retired
2024
Height
177 cm
National team caps
112
National team goals
24
Source: Wikipedia

Articles containing Nani

At the moment we have 2 articles where Nani is mentioned, select an article below to read a bit more about him.

The English Premier League's Most Memorable Games
(18 July 2023)
5 Most Overrated Footballers of the 2010s
(26 January 2023)

Note that this is top scorer data we have in our database. Nani might be part of top scorer lists in other leagues we don't have here, or seasons we don't have in our database yet.