Nani Soares

{{short description|Bissau-Guinean footballer}}

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| fullname =Nanissio Justino Mendes Soares

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|9|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Guinea-Bissau

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| position = Defender, Midfielder

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| years1 = 2013–2014 | clubs1 = Naval | caps1 = 16 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2014–2015 | clubs2 = Trofense| caps2 = 49 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2015–2016 | clubs3 = Gil Vicente | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016–2018 | clubs4 = Felgueiras 1932 | caps4 = 54 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2018–2023 | clubs5 = Olympiakos Nicosia | caps5 = 75 | goals5 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2016– | nationalteam1 = Guinea Bissau | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 13 May 2021

| nationalteam-update = 14 January 2017

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Nanissio Soares (born 17 September 1991), better known as Nani, is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who played for Olympiakos Nicosia as a midfielder.{{Cite web|url=http://www.calciozz.it/jogador.php?id=161366|title=Nani Soares :: Nanissio Justino Mendes Soares :: FC Felgueiras 1932|website=www.calciozz.it|language=it|access-date=2018-02-14}}

International career

Nani was called up to the Guinea-Bissau national football team for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Kenya in March 2016.{{Clarify|reason= was qualification matches in 2016 or was he called up then|date=November 2023}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/qcan2017/MatchDetails?MatchId=1D3R+hFkzGB2c6rw41pP4HHilA5Uitm4CRPbS4SybEyD5/dW/bNQ9fo5QbfSijuc|title=CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details|last=Football|first=CAF - Confederation of African|website=www.cafonline.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-14}}

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