Adriano Barbosa Miranda da Luz

Nené
Personal information
Full name Adriano Barbosa Miranda Luz
Date of birth (1979-08-24) 24 August 1979
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vilaverdense
Youth career
1989–1991 Águias da Póvoa
1991–1994 Ponte Frielas
1994–1997 Odivelas
1997–1998 Boavista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–1999 Marco 25 (2)
1999–2000 Vilafranquense 35 (2)
2000–2002 Gondomar 46 (5)
2002 Braga B 11 (2)
2002–2005 Braga 38 (0)
2004 → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) 5 (0)
2004–2005 → Aves (loan) 31 (3)
2005–2006 União Leiria 5 (0)
2006 → Aves (loan) 13 (3)
2006–2007 Aves 18 (1)
2007 Al Arabi
2008 Enosis Neon 12 (0)
2009 Pontevedra 18 (0)
2009–2010 Braşov 9 (0)
2010–2012 Arouca 49 (0)
2012–2013 Covilhã 47 (1)
2014 Famalicão 14 (2)
2014– Vilaverdense 38 (7)
National team
2004–2008 Cape Verde 13 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 12 October 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Adriano Barbosa Miranda da Luz (born 24 August 1979), commonly known as Nené, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Vilaverdense FC as a central midfielder.

Club career

Born in the capital Lisbon, Nené spent most of his professional career in Portugal. After starting out with three modest clubs, he signed in early 2002 with top level side S.C. Braga from Gondomar SC, 31 of his 38 league games with the Minho team coming in the 2002–03 season, with his team finishing in 14th position.

After definitively leaving Braga (which also loaned him twice during his spell), Nené signed with U.D. Leiria, which in turn loaned him to C.D. Aves, with the latter team promoting to the first division at the end of the 2005–06 campaign; the move was subsequently made permanent, and the player was relatively used in the following season – 1,138 minutes, one goal in a 1–2 away loss against Boavista FC, a club he had represented as a youth – which ended in immediate relegation back.

In the following years Nené rarely settled in one club or country, playing in Kuwait, Cyprus, Spain and Romania. In 2010–11, aged 31, he returned to his birth nation and joined F.C. Arouca, promoted for the first time ever to the second level.

International career

Nené was part of the Cape Verde squad which progressed to the second stage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, appearing in six out of 12 possible matches. The national team finished second last in its group, failing to qualify for both the competition in Germany and the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Nené – FIFA competition record

External links

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