The early life of Nani

Soon, after his birth, Nani shifted to Portugal with his family. He started his football career as a junior footballer at Real de Massama. Soon, he made his debut in 2005-06, scoring 5 goals in 32 appearances. He was a part of the sporting team which one the Portuguese cup and 6 champion league matches where he scored a solitary goal.

The Early Rise of Nani

So, in the month of May, 2007, he was signed up by Manchester United for an undisclosed fee. He signed a five year contract with the Manchester United club, then. For the 207-08 season, he was handed jersey bearing number 17, which was earlier worn by Henrik Larsson.

The first impact that Nani made was in his debut in a friendly match which Manchester United won by 6-0. Then soon, on 5th August 2007, he appeared for his first match for Manchester United against Chelsea.

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For Manchester united, he has scored 2 goals in his short span of 12 matches and has also assisted in scoring 4 goals in the season of 2007-08. During the end of the 2007 season, he played for Portugal during the European under 21 Championship that was held in Holland. Nani has played and can play on numerous attacking positions, though he is primarily a left sided player.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani

He has also been linked to have various striking similarities with Cristiano Ronaldo, who himself has declared hat he s going to help Nani reach the heights and gain the same or even more laurels that what he has achieved.

His Celebration Style

Nani is extremely famous in Portugal for his unique way of celebration as well, after scoring a goal. In all the Portuguese newspapers, his back flips are highlighted everywhere. The Sporting Club, The Manchester Club and of course he world waits to see many of those stunts in the days to come.