Nelson da Luz

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Conceição and the second or paternal family name is da Luz.

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.

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 27)
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)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2022

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]

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	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

1. Appearances in CAF Champions League
2. Appearance in Supertaça de Angola
3. 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