| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adriano Barbosa Miranda Luz | ||
| Date of birth | August 24, 1979 | ||
| 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). |
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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.
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.
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.