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	Kųbenhavn	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	Chorzów 	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	Zürich  	Italy   	1-3	
 13	 2  31- 5-08	Viseu   	Georgia 	2-0	
 14	 2   7- 6-08	Genčve  	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	Brasķlia	Brazil  	2-6	
 23	 5  11- 2-09	Faro-Loulé	Finland 	1-0	
 24	 5  31- 3-09	Lausanne	South Africa	2-0	
 25	 5   6- 6-09	Tiranė  	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	Kųbenhavn	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	Guimarćes	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	Covilhć 	Cape Verde Isl.	0-0	
 36   1  7   1- 6-10	Covilhć 	Cameroon	3-1	
 37	 7   3- 9-10	Guimarćes	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	Genčve  	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-Loulé	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	Kųbenhavn	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-Loulé	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	Guimarćes	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	Brasķlia	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	Kųbenhavn	Denmark 	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 82	15  14-11-14	Faro-Loulé	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	Genčve  	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-Loulé	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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Prepared and maintained by Roberto Mamrud for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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