Player Details

Name

Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha

Height

5' 10"

Weight

146 lbs

Date of Birth

11.17.1986 (37)

Birthplace

Praia, Portugal

Position

Midfielder

Position Detail

Winger

Preferred Side

Left/Right

Footedness

Both

Roster Category

Senior

Player Category

International, Designated Player
Career Summary

CLUB
2020: Totaled 25 appearances … Recorded 22 starts … Scored nine goals across all competitions … Added seven assists … Tallied a brace in the MLS is Back Tournament Semifinals … Scored the game-winner over Inter Miami on July 8 … MLS is Back Best XI selection … Player of the Tournament nominee … Earned MLS Team of the Week honors twice … 2019: Appeared in 30 matches for the Lions … Recorded 26 starts … Scored a team-high 12 goals … Led the Lions with 10 assists, becoming the first in Club history to lead the team in goals and assists the same year … Netted four game-winners for the Lions … Scored his first goals for City in a 4-3 win over Colorado, including the game-winner … Named to MLS Team of the Week following April 6 performance against Colorado … Appeared on Team of the Week Bench twice … Signed a three-year contract with Orlando City on Feb. 18 as a Designated Player … Appeared in nine matches for Sporting CP … Tallied one goal and one assist … 2018-19: Appeared in 28 matches for Sporting CP across all competitions … Totaled nine goals … Added seven assists … Portuguese League Cup Winner … Returned to Sporting CP on July 11 … Started the season with a Lazio team that reached the semifinal of Coppa Italia and quarterfinal of the Europa League … 2017-18: Made 26 appearances for Lazio … Scored three goals and tallied four assists … Loaned to Lazio on August 31 … Missed a portion of the season on injury ... 2016-17: Appeared in 26 contests for Valencia … Scored five goals … Added 8 assists … Signed a three-year contract with Valencia in July … 2015-16: Joined Turkish club Fenerbahçe on July 6 … Appeared in 47 matches … Totaled 12 goals and 13 assists … 2014-15: Made 37 appearances … Scored 12 goals … Added eight assists … Portuguese Cup Winner … Loaned to Sporting CP for the season from Manchester United on August 19 … English Super Cup Winner … Appeared in one match for Manchester United … 2013-14: Appeared in 13 matches for Manchester United … Scored one goal … Premier League Champion … 2012-13: Saw action in 21 matches for United … Netted three goals … Added six assists … English Super Cup Winner … 2011-12: Appeared in 40 matches for the Red Devils across all competitions … Scored 10 goals … Tallied 15 assists … Premier League Champion … English Super Cup Winner … 2010-11: Made 49 appearances for United … Registered 10 goals … Totaled 19 assists … League Cup Winner … 2009-10: Appeared in 34 contests … Tallied six goals … Recorded four assists … Premier League Champion ... League Cup Winner … FIBA Club World Cup Winner … English Super Cup Winner … 2008-09: Made 31 appearances for the Red Devils … Premier League Champion … UEFA Champions League Champion … English Super Cup Winner … Scored six goals … Added four assists … 2007-08: Appeared in 45 matches in first season at Manchester United … Netted four goals … Tallied 13 assists … Signed with Manchester United in July … Portuguese Cup Winner … 2006-07: Appeared in 40 matches for Sporting CP … Scored six goals while adding six assists … 2005-06: Made 36 appearances in his professional debut season … Recorded five goals … Added four assists … Made his professional debut in August for Sporting CP

INTERNATIONAL
Has totaled 112 appearances and 24 goals for the Portuguese National Team … 2017: Made six appearances … Member of Portugal’s 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup team that finished third … Scored one goal in the Confederations Cup … 2016: Matched a career-high with 14 appearances … Tallied a career-high six goals … Member of Portugal's UEFA Euro Championship team … Played the entirety of the UEFA Euro Final … 2015: Saw action in nine matches … Registered two goals … 2014: Appeared in 11 matches with one goal … Tallied two assists … Member of Portugal’s 2014 FIFA World Cup squad … Scored the opening goal against the United States during the group stage … Started Portugal’s World Cup opener … 2013: Recorded eight appearances … Scored one goal and added one assists … 2012: Appeared in a career-high 14 matches … Tallied one goal with three assists … Member of Portugal’s UEFA Euro team … Registered two assists at the European Championship … 2011: Made 10 appearances … Scored three goals and tallied four assists … Recorded three goals and two assists in two Euro 2012 qualifying matches … 2010: Appeared in seven games … Registered three goals and three assists … Held out of 2010 FIFA World Cup with a collarbone fracture … 2009: Tallied 11 appearances … Scored one goal and added three assists, all of which came in 2010 World Cup qualifying matches … 2008: Appeared in 11 matches … Recorded three goals and four assists … Member of Portugal’s 2012 UEFA Euro Squad … Played in three matches of Euro with one start … Registered an assist in the quarterfinal round against Germany … 2007: Totaled seven appearances … Scored one goal … Recorded lone goal in Euro 2008 qualification in a 2-1 win over Belgium … Added two assists, both in Euro qualifiers … 2006: Featured in four matches … Made his debut for the senior Portuguese National Team on Sept. 1 … Scored a goal in his debut in a 4-2 friendly defeat over Denmark … Member of Portugal squad at the 2006 UEFA U-21 Championship.