Nelson da Luz
.jpg) da Luz with Qingdao West Coast in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nelson Conceição da Luz | ||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Qingdao West Coast | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1º de Agosto | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | 1º de Agosto | 62 | (7) |
| 2020–2021 | Vitória de Guimarães B | 19 | (1) |
| 2020– | Vitória de Guimarães | 56 | (7) |
| 2024 | → Qingdao West Coast (loan) | 25 | (5) |
| 2025– | Qingdao West Coast | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Angola U17 | |||
| 2016 | Angola U20 | 5 | (1) |
| 2016– | Angola | 12 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2022 | |||
Nelson Conceição da Luz (born 4 February 1998) is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chinese Super League club Qingdao West Coast.
Club career
In September 2020, da Luz signed for Portuguese Primeira Liga club Vitória de Guimarães.[1]
On 20 January 2024, Vitória de Guimarães sent Nelson on a one-year loan with an option-to-buy to Qingdao West Coast, who had just been promoted to the Chinese Super League club .[2]
International career
At the youth international level he played in 2015 African U-17 Championship qualification and the 2016 COSAFA U-20 Cup.[3][4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 2 November 2024[5]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| 1º de Agosto | 2016 | Girabola | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | Girabola | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
| 2018 | Girabola | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3[a] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Girabola | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | Girabola | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| Total | 62 | 7 | 9 | 1 | — | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 8 | |||
| Vitória Guimarães B | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Liga 3 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 19 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||||
| Vitória Guimarães | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 3 | ||
| 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | — | 37 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| Total | 56 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 68 | 7 | |||
| Qingdao West Coast (loan) | 2024 | Chinese Super League | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 25 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 162 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 196 | 21 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearances in CAF Champions League
- ^ a b Appearance in Supertaça de Angola
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
- As of matches played 5 June 2022[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | |
References
- ^ "Nelson da Luz assina pelo Vitória SC" [Nelson da Luz signs for Vitória SC] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Nelson da Luz ruma ao futebol chinês" [Nelson da Luz heads to Chinese football] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ Dickson, Christopher (14 September 2014). "Ghana, South Africa On the Brink on qualification for Africa U17 Championship". GhanaSoccerNet. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "FULLTIME – COSAFA U20: Angola 1 Sudan 0 – Group C". COSAFA. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ Nelson da Luz at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ Nelson da Luz at National-Football-Teams.com