NANI

Manchester United

Nani - Manchester United - UEFA Champions League Final 2008

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 21 May 2008

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    • POSITION
      Winger
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Monday, 17 November 1986
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Praia, Cape Verde
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Portugal
  • WORLD CUP
  • CLUBS
  • Manchester United
    • Club Career Dates
      2007-2015
    • League Debut
      Sunday, 12th August 2007 as a sub in a 0-0 draw at home to Reading (Aged: 20)
    • Club Career
      147 League Appearances 25 goals.
  • Sporting Clube De Portugal
    • Club Career Dates
      2005-2007, 2014-2015 & 2018-2019.
    • League Debut
      28th. August 2005 in 2-1 away victory over against Marítimo.
    • Club Career
      93 League games 23 goals (3 spells).
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NANI - Manchester United - UEFA Champions League Final 2008

MANCHESTER UNITED 1:1 CHELSEA (1:1) - Man Utd won 6-5 on pens
(Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 21st May 2008, Attendance - 69, 552)
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Manchester United: Edwin van der Sar, Wes Brown (Anderson 120), Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Owen Hargreaves, Paul Scholes (Ryan Giggs 87), Michael Carrick, Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez, Wayne Rooney (Nani 101)
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Chelsea: Petr Cech, Michael Essien, Ricardo Carvalho, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Claude Makelele (Julian Belletti 120), Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole (Nicolas Anelka 99), Florent Malouda (Saloman Kalou 92), Didier Drogba
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1:0 Ronaldo (26), 1:1 Lampard (45)
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Penalties - Man Utd first: 1:0 Tevez (scored), 1:1 Ballack (scored), 2:1 Carrick (scored), 2:2 Belletti (scored), 2:2 Ronaldo (missed), 2:3 Lampard (scored), 3:3 Hargreaves (scored), 3:4 A. Cole (scored), 4:4 Nani (scored), 4:4 Terry (missed), 5:4 Anderson (scored), 5:5 Kalou (scored), 6:5 Giggs (scored), 6:5 Anelka (missed)
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Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)
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(The main photo above shows the ecstatic United players - Nani is far left - at the very moment United goalkeeper Edwin Van Der Sar had just saved Nicolas Anelka's penalty to win the Champions League final against Chelsea. The match had finished 1-1 a.e.t. but United held their nerve in the shoot-out to win 6-5, with Nani taking - and scoring - United's fifth penalty.)