Luís Nani was born on 17 November 1986 in one of Cape Verde towns. Later his family migrated to Portugal and settled near Lisbon. Since early childhood the boy had been craving for football and spent all day kicking the ball around with his friend, who later became a professional footballer as well.
In 2005/2006 Nani made his first appearance for the Lisbon side Sporting. He proved to be a very talented and outstanding player, who could create an ideal moment for a partner and take a tremendous free kick. Nani’s main position is a centre midfielder, but he can play both as a winger and as a striker. He is famous for his pace, dribbling ability and skill. Those qualities were noticed by a Manchester United scout and in 2007 Nani joined the ‘Red Devils’ for €25 million.
The player started to show a high-class performance even in the first games for the club, he regularly scored and made assists. Nani took part in the momentous 2008 Champions League Final, where Man Utd managed to clinch the title from Chelsea, and the Portuguese footballer picked up a golden medal of the tournament. In spite of the talent and skill, Nani failed to unveil himself, because Cristiano Ronaldo was the club star at that time. Competing with him in mastery was an unrewarding task.
He successfully performs as a centre midfield, often finds the net and makes assists for his teammates. Nani resembles Ronaldo in playing style as he possesses high-speed quality dribbling, can make a considered and spectacular pass or an appropriate fake move and bang in a goal from distance.
After Cristiano had moved to his new club, Nani became one of the backbone players in the team along with Wayne Rooney. That fact served as a basis for the player’s contract to be extended till 2014. Besides, from 2006 Luís Nani is capped for the Portugal national squad, but he can’t take the leading position in the team, because C. Ronaldo shines there with talent. Despite the rivalry between the two, Nani maintains good relations with his former teammate.
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