A Manchester United player named Nani has completed a full circle in his career by returning to his hometown club, Estrela da Amadora.
After departing Turkish side Adana Demirspor in May, the 37-year-old winger from Portugal became a free agent.Estrela da Amadora welcomed Nani.
While playing for Manchester United, he won four Premier League championships.
Last season, he signed a one-year deal with Estrela, who finished fourteenth in the Primeira Liga.
In his lengthy career, they will be the tenth different club.
Before his marriages with Sporting and United, Nani was born in Amadora, which is located northwest of Lisbon.
During his 18-year stay at Old Trafford, he achieved four Premier League titles, one Champions League, two League Cups, and a Club World Cup.
According to Estrela, “Luis Nani has gone back to his roots.” The Estrela da Amadora football team will have the Portuguese international back for one season.
The city of Amadora holds enormous significance for the footballer, and he will be returning to the Portuguese league this time.
He started his football career here and this is where he grew up.
A city that saw the remarkable transformation of a young child into a man and an exceptional athlete who achieved remarkable success in the world of football.
The city was proud of him for growing not only as a player, but also, and most importantly, as a person.
“Everything he has done for the city, demonstrating unity and social duty, will now come to a head when he joins Estrela da Amadora.”
While owning fourth-division club SU Sintrense, Nani will also play for his new team.
They became majority proprietors of the 112-year-old club near Amadora last month alongside a group of investors.
The winger has made two further returns to his initial club, Sporting Lisbon, after leaving United for Fenerbahce in 2015.
Traveling the world Nani ɺas has also been a member of teams in Spain, Italy, America, and Australia.
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