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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 Orlando City SC	2021	10	25	35	Valentin Castellanos
MLS Orlando City SC	2020	8	10	34	Raul Ruidiaz
MLS Orlando City SC	2019	12	15	33	Carlos Vela
European Championship Portugal	2016	3	2	29	Antoine Griezmann
Süper Lig Fenerbahce	2015/2016	8	23	29	Mario Gomez
Champions League Sporting	2014/2015	4	17	28	Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar
Primeira Liga Sporting	2014/2015	7	21	28	Jackson Martinez
Premier League Manchester United	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 Fenerbahce	2015/2016	8	3	29
Premier League Manchester United	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

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.