Nanu (footballer)

Eulânio Ângelo Chipela Gomes (born 17 May 1994) known as Nanu, is a professional footballer who plays for Santa Clara on loan from Porto as a winger or as a right-back. Born in Portugal, he represents the Guinea-Bissau national team.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Chipepa and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.
Nanu
Personal information
Full name Eulânio Ângelo Chipela Gomes
Date of birth (1994-05-17) 17 May 1994
Place of birth Coimbra, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger, right-back
Team information
Current team
 Santa Clara (on loan from Porto)
Number 31
Youth career
2003–2006 Taboeira
2006–2007 Benfica
2007–2011 Taboeira
2011–2013 Beira-Mar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Beira-Mar 10 (0)
2014–2015 → Gafanha (loan) 26 (3)
2015–2018 Marítimo B 71 (4)
2018–2020 Marítimo 44 (2)
2020– Porto 12 (1)
2021 Porto B 1 (0)
2022 → FC Dallas (loan) 27 (0)
2023– → Santa Clara (loan) 6 (0)
International career‡
2019– Guinea-Bissau 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 January 2022

Club career

On 27 July 2013, Nanu made his professional debut with Beira-Mar in a 2013–14 Taça da Liga match against Portimonense, replacing Tiago Cintra (80th minute).[2] In the first match of the 2013–14 Segunda Liga season against FC Porto B on the 12 August, he made his league debut.[3]

On 10 January 2022, Nanu moved on a season-long loan to Major League Soccer club FC Dallas.[4] Following the 2022 season, Nanu's contract option was declined by Dallas.[5]

On 31 January 2023, Nanu was loaned by Santa Clara.[6]

International career

Nanu made his Guinea-Bissau national team debut on 8 June 2019 in a friendly against Angola, as a starter.[7] He represented the national team at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 17 March 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Beira-Mar 2013–14 Segunda Liga 906020––170
Gafanha 2014–15 Campeonato de Portugal Prio 262––––262
Marítimo B 2015–16 Campeonato de Portugal Prio 192––––192
2016–17 Campeonato de Portugal Prio 180––––180
2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal Prio 242––––242
2018–19 Campeonato de Portugal Prio 100––––100
Total 714––––714
Marítimo 2017–18 Primeira Liga 10000000–10
2018–19 Primeira Liga 1500020––170
2019–20 Primeira Liga 3321010––352
2020–21 Primeira Liga 310000––31
Total 523103000–563
Porto B 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 10––––10
Porto 2020–21 Primeira Liga 12010204[lower-alpha 1]000190
2021–22 Primeira Liga 00002000–20
Total 12010404000210
Santa Clara (loan) 2022–23 Primeira Liga 60————60
Career total 1779809040001989

International goals
Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first.[10]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 September 2019Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe1–01–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. "Nanu". FC Dallas. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. "Portimonense-Beira-Mar 1-0". LPFP. 2013-07-27.
  3. "Beira-Mar-FC Porto B 2-3". LPFP. 2013-08-12.
  4. "FC Dallas Acquires Defender Nanu on Loan from FC Porto".
  5. Dallas, F. C. "FC Dallas Announces Roster Decisions for 2023 Season". FC Dallas.
  6. "NANU É REFORÇO" [Nanu is reinforcement] (in Portuguese). Santa Clara. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  7. "Angola v Guinea-Bissau game report". National Football Teams. 8 June 2019.
  8. Soliman, Seif (2019-06-12). "Ittihad's Toni Silva named in Guinea Bissau's AFCON squad". KingFut. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  9. Nanu at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  10. "Nanu". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League


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