Former United CL winning star makes stunning impression on debut, already a fan favourite

Former Manchester United star Nani is still giving his all for his latest team. United career The Portuguese star joined Manchester United in the summer of 2007 from Sporting CP and helped the team win the Premier League and Champions League double in 2008. Nani would go on to play 240 times for the club, scoring 40 goals. He found game time hard to come by after Sir Alex Ferguson left the club and went out to Sporting CP on loan before moving to Fenerbahce permanently in the summer of 2015. Nani would later trek the globe and play for Valencia CF, SS Lazio, Orlando City, Venezia. He then moved to Melbourne Victory, Adana Demirspor and C.F. Estrela da Amadora in the latter part of his career. The 39-year-old is still going and recently signed for his new club in Kazakhstan, Aktobe. ✅ Official: Luis Nani joins Aktobe! 🇵🇹 The 39-year-old Portuguese winger has signed a one-year contract with Aktobe, returning to professional football to play in the Kazakhstan Premier League 💰 The former Manchester United player is expected to earn around $800k in salary pic.twitter.com/o4tEU2xJky — Kazakhstan Football 🇰🇿 (@Kazakh_Footy) January 25, 2026 Instant impact The Sun report that, “the Portugal legend was brought on for the final 20 minutes of the thumping 4-1 win over Tobol and had an instant impact.” He was only on the pitch for a matter of three minutes before assisting his new side’s fourth goal with a trademark cross. After the match, Nani was caught on camera celebrating with the fans. The outlet states that, “a video shows him interacting with the home support as he performs a chant. It starts with him shouting ‘Ziga’ as they then reply. He then breaks into full voice with the passionate fans joining in with their new hero as they chant ‘Ziga-zaga hey.’ 🇵🇹 Nani made his official debut for Aktobe in the KPL 🔥 He came on against Tobol in the 71st minute and provided an assist three minutes later Aktobe 4-1 Tobol pic.twitter.com/I514hMVb0Y — Kazakhstan Football 🇰🇿 (@Kazakh_Footy) March 7, 2026 Aktobe sit top of the league after their big win and will travel to face FC Kairat on Monday 16th March. Nani career stats ClubGames playedGoals scoredYears Active Sporting CP76112005-2007 Man United230402007-2015 Sporting CP (loan)37122014-2015 Fenerbahce47122015-2016 Valencia2652016-2017 Lazio (loan)2532017-2018 Sporting CP2892018-2019 Orlando City88312019-2021 Venezia 1002021-2022 Melbourne Victory1102022-2023 Adana Demirspor3442023-2024 Estrela Amadora1012024-2025 FC Aktobe102026- Source: Wikipedia The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Latest Top Stories… Alex Browne Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Alex has a Master’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast and La Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Having lived in the country since 2011, Alex is The Peoples Person’s Spanish football expert and is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan. He dreams of witnessing a United captain triumphantly hoisting the Premier League and Champions League trophy in the air once more.