Nani
Luis Nani L uís Carlos Almeida da Cunha (born 17 November 1986 in Praia, Cape Verde), better known as Nani, is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays for Manchester United and Portugal . His predominant position is as a winger. Portuguese Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha (or ‘Nani’ as we all know him) is a powerful and pacy winger. He arrived at Old Trafford from Sporting Lisbon in 2007 and, predictably, was given the tag of being ‘the new Cristiano Ronaldo’. It was perhaps an unfair burden to carry given the heights Ronaldo scaled at United, not least because realistically they are quite different players. It was until Nani's countryman left for pastures new that he really began to fulfil his undoubted potential and stepped out of Ronaldo's shadow. The 2009/10 campaign, the season after United's former no.7 joined Real Madrid, was meant to be the moment Nani stepped to the fore. But his sporadic involvement, partly due to injury, in...