Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha "Nani" (original) (raw)

Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha "Nani" - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Portuguese player, who obtained 112 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 1 1 1- 9-06 K�benhavn Denmark 2-4 2 1 6- 9-06 Helsinki Finland 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 3 1 7-10-06 Porto Azerbaijan 3-0 European Ch. Qual. 4 1 11-10-06 Chorz�w Poland 1-2 European Ch. Qual. 5 1 24- 3-07 Lisboa Belgium 4-0 European Ch. Qual. 6 1 2 2- 6-07 Brussel Belgium 2-1 European Ch. Qual. 7 2 5- 6-07 Kuwait City Kuwait 1-1 [] 8 2 13-10-07 Baku Azerbaijan 2-0 European Ch. Qual. 9 2 17-10-07 Almaty Kazkahstan 2-1 European Ch. Qual. 10 2 17-11-07 Leiria Armenia 1-0 European Ch. Qual. 11 2 21-11-07 Porto Finland 0-0 European Ch. Qual. 12 2 6- 2-08 Z�rich Italy 1-3 13 2 31- 5-08 Viseu Georgia 2-0 14 2 7- 6-08 Gen�ve Turkey 2-0 European Champ. 15 2 15- 6-08 Basel Switzerland 0-2 European Champ. 16 2 19- 6-08 Basel Germany 2-3 European Champ. 17 1 3 20- 8-08 Aveiro Faroe Islands 5-0 18 1 4 6- 9-08 La Valletta Malta 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 19 1 5 10- 9-08 Lisboa Denmark 2-3 World Cup Qualifier 20 5 11-10-08 Stockholm Sweden 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 21 5 15-10-08 Braga Albania 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 22 5 19-11-08 Bras�lia Brazil 2-6 23 5 11- 2-09 Faro-Loul� Finland 1-0 24 5 31- 3-09 Lausanne South Africa 2-0 25 5 6- 6-09 Tiran� Albania 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 26 5 10- 6-09 Tallinn Estonia 0-0 27 5 12- 8-09 Vaduz Liechtenstein 3-0 28 5 5- 9-09 K�benhavn Denmark 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 29 5 9- 9-09 Budapest Hungary 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 30 5 10-10-09 Lisboa Hungary 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 31 1 6 14-10-09 Guimar�es Malta 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 32 6 14-11-09 Lisboa Bosnia-Herzeg. 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 33 6 18-11-09 Zenica Bosnia-Herzeg. 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 34 6 3- 3-10 Coimbra China 2-0 [] 35 6 24- 5-10 Covilh� Cape Verde Isl. 0-0 36 1 7 1- 6-10 Covilh� Cameroon 3-1 37 7 3- 9-10 Guimar�es Cyprus 4-4 European Ch. Qual. 38 7 7- 9-10 Oslo Norway 0-1 European Ch. Qual. 39 2 9 8-10-10 Porto Denmark 3-1 European Ch. Qual. 40 9 12-10-10 Reykjavik Iceland 3-1 European Ch. Qual. 41 9 17-11-10 Lisboa Spain 4-0 42 9 9- 2-11 Gen�ve Argentina 1-2 43 9 26- 3-11 Leiria Chile 1-1 44 9 29- 3-11 Aveiro Finland 2-0 45 9 4- 6-11 Lisboa Norway 1-0 European Ch. Qual. 46 9 10- 8-11 Faro-Loul� Luxembourg 5-0 47 9 2- 9-11 Lefkosia Cyprus 4-0 European Ch. Qual. 48 2 11 7-10-11 Porto Iceland 5-3 European Ch. Qual. 49 11 11-10-11 K�benhavn Denmark 1-2 European Ch. Qual. 50 11 11-11-11 Zenica Bosnia-Herzeg. 0-0 European Ch. Qual. 51 1 12 15-11-11 Lisboa Bosnia-Herzeg. 6-2 European Ch. Qual. 52 12 29- 2-12 Warszawa Poland 0-0 53 12 26- 5-12 Leiria Macedonia 0-0 54 1 13 2- 6-12 Lisboa Turkey 1-3 55 13 9- 6-12 Lviv Germany 0-1 European Champ. 56 13 13- 6-12 Lviv Denmark 3-2 European Champ. 57 13 17- 6-12 Kharkiv Netherlands 2-1 European Champ. 58 13 21- 6-12 Warszawa Czech Republic 1-0 European Champ. 59 13 27- 6-12 Donetsk Spain 0-0 [1] European Champ. 60 13 15- 8-12 Faro-Loul� Panama 2-0 61 13 7- 9-12 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 62 13 11- 9-12 Braga Azerbaijan 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 63 13 12-10-12 Moskva Russia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 64 13 16-10-12 Porto N. Ireland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 65 13 6- 2-13 Guimar�es Ecuador 2-3 66 13 7- 6-13 Lisboa Russia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 67 13 6- 9-13 Belfast N. Ireland 4-2 World Cup Qualifier 68 13 10- 9-13 Foxborough Brazil 1-3 69 13 11-10-13 Lisboa Israel 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 70 1 14 15-10-13 Coimbra Luxembourg 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 71 14 15-11-13 Lisboa Sweden 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 72 14 19-11-13 Stockholm Sweden 3-2 World Cup Qualifier 73 14 31- 5-14 Oeiras Greece 0-0 74 14 6- 6-14 Foxborough Mexico 1-0 75 14 10- 6-14 New Jersey Ireland 5-1 76 14 16- 6-14 Salvador Germany 0-4 World Cup 77 1 15 22- 6-14 Manaus United States 2-2 World Cup 78 15 26- 6-14 Bras�lia Ghana 2-1 World Cup 79 15 7- 9-14 Aveiro Albania 0-1 European Ch. Qual. 80 15 11-10-14 Saint-Denis France 1-2 81 15 14-10-14 K�benhavn Denmark 1-0 European Ch. Qual. 82 15 14-11-14 Faro-Loul� Armenia 1-0 European Ch. Qual. 83 15 18-11-14 Manchester Argentina 1-0 84 15 29- 3-15 Lisboa Serbia 2-1 European Ch. Qual. 85 15 13- 6-15 Yerevan Armenia 3-2 European Ch. Qual. 86 15 16- 6-15 Gen�ve Italy 1-0 87 15 4- 9-15 Lisboa France 0-1 88 15 7- 9-15 Elbasan Albania 1-0 European Ch. Qual. 89 15 8-10-15 Braga Denmark 1-0 European Ch. Qual. 90 1 16 11-10-15 Beograd Serbia 2-1 European Ch. Qual. 91 16 14-11-15 Krasnodar Russia 0-1 92 1 17 17-11-15 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-0 93 17 25- 3-16 Leiria Bulgaria 0-1 94 1 18 29- 3-16 Leiria Belgium 2-1 95 18 2- 6-16 London England 0-1 96 18 8- 6-16 Lisboa Estonia 7-0 97 1 19 14- 6-16 Saint-Etienne Iceland 1-1 European Champ. 98 19 18- 6-16 Paris Austria 0-0 European Champ. 99 1 20 22- 6-16 Lyon Hungary 3-3 European Champ. 100 20 25- 6-16 Lens Croatia 1-0 European Champ. 101 20 30- 6-16 Marseille Poland 1-1 [2] European Champ. 102 1 21 6- 7-16 Lyon Wales 2-0 European Champ. 103 21 10- 7-16 Saint-Denis France 1-0 European Champ. 104 2 23 1- 9-16 Porto Gibraltar 5-0 105 23 6- 9-16 Basel Switzerland 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 106 23 13-11-16 Faro-Loul� Latvia 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 107 23 3- 6-17 Estoril Cyprus 4-0 108 23 9- 6-17 Riga Latvia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 109 23 18- 6-17 Kazan Mexico 2-2 Confederations Cup 110 1 24 24- 6-17 Sankt-Peterburg New Zealand 4-0 Confederations Cup 111 24 28- 6-17 Kazan Chile 0-0 [3] Confederations Cup 112 24 1- 7-17 Moskva Mexico 2-1 Confederations Cup

[1] Portugal lost 2-4 on penalty kicks. [2] Portugal won 5-3 on penalty kicks. [3] Portugal lost 0-3 on penalty kicks. [*] matches originally not recognised as full A-international by FIFA, but they were for the Portuguese FA; later FIFA recognised them as well.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 112 65 24 23 202- 99 154 68.75

Types of Matches Goals Friendlies 39 8 European Ch. Qualifier 27 7 World Cup Qualifier 24 4 European Championship 15 3 Confederations Cup 4 1 World Cup 3 1

Total caps / goals: 112 24


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