Nelson da Luz

Nelson da Luz
da Luz with Qingdao West Coast in 2025
Personal information
Full name Nelson Conceição da Luz
Date of birth (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 28)
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position 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 27 (5)
International career‡
Angola U17
2016 Angola U20 5 (1)
2016– Angola 12 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 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.

On 20 January 2024, Vitória de Guimarães sent da Luz 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 .

International career

At the youth international level he played in 2015 African U-17 Championship qualification and the 2016 COSAFA U-20 Cup.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 November 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 8000———80
2017 Girabola 23351—2010314
2018 Girabola 30——30—60
2018–19 Girabola 15220—00—172
2019–20 Girabola 13220—6010222
Total 62791—11020848
Vitória Guimarães B 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal 70————70
2021–22 Liga 3 121————121
Total 191————191
Vitória Guimarães 2021–22 Primeira Liga 1230000——123
2022–23 Primeira Liga 293202040—373
2023–24 Primeira Liga 151201010—191
Total 567403050—687
Qingdao West Coast (loan) 2024 Chinese Super League 25500———255
Qingdao West Coast 2025 Chinese Super League 27510———285
Total 521010———5310
Career total 18925141301602022426
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in CAF Champions League
  2. 1 2 Appearance in Supertaça de Angola
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of matches played 5 June 2022
National teamYearAppsGoals
Angola 201620
201770
201830
Total120

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Dickson, Christopher (14 September 2014). "Ghana, South Africa On the Brink on qualification for Africa U17 Championship". GhanaSoccerNet. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "FULLTIME – COSAFA U20: Angola 1 Sudan 0 – Group C". COSAFA. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Nelson da Luz at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Nelson da Luz at National-Football-Teams.com