Adriano Barbosa Miranda da Luz

Nené

Personal information
Full name	Adriano Barbosa Miranda Luz
Date of birth	August 24, 1979 (1979-08-24) (age 32)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Arouca
Number	49
Youth career
	Odivelas
	Boavista
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–1999	Marco	25	(2)
1999–2000	Vilafranquense	35	(2)
2000–2001	Gondomar	46	(5)
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–	Arouca	21	(0)
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, 30 May 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Adriano Barbosa Miranda da Luz (born 24 August 1979 in Lisbon, Portugal), aka Nené, is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays for F.C. Arouca as a central midfielder.

Club career

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 Sporting de Braga, from Gondomar SC, 31 of his 38 league games with the Minho outfit 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 União de Leiria, which in turn loaned him to Desportivo das 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 team he had represented as a youth - which ended in immediate relegation back.

In the following years, Nené rarely settled in one team 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 division.

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.

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• BDFutbol profile
• Adriano Barbosa Miranda da Luz at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Nene
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Date of birth	24 August 1979
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
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