Nani's A-League Men debut delivered an assist, a viral change room celebration and kids gatecrashing his interview but Melbourne Victory's marquee says he's just getting warmed up.
The former Manchester United star made an eye-catching appearance in the Victory's dramatic 3-2 away win over Sydney FC at Allianz Stadium on Saturday night, including a sumptuous assist for Chris Ikonomidis.
He will be keen to open his ALM account in his first home appearance against Western Sydney this Saturday at AAMI Park.
"My main target for the moment is to be able to play every single game and start getting my confidence back and and then be more connected with the team," Nani told reporters on Tuesday.
"Because it's not easy, I just arrived in the club.
"The more you play, the more the players know you, the more you know the players and then the routines will be much more easy.
"Naturally when that happens, the goals and assists they will appear.
"I'm not really very happy because I did one assist - obviously I want much more and I know I need to work harder than what I did in the last game and that's the target."
Nani delighted in teammate Ikonomidis' impressive cameo and expected the goals to flow for Victory.
"Obviously we want to be a team who can score goals, who can create a lot of chances," he said.
"We've been doing that and we showed that in the last game."
The 35-year-old has already shown his personality off the pitch.
On Saturday, broadcast cameras captured Nani dancing and revelling in Victory's post-match dressing room celebrations, dressed only in his undies.
"That was a derby, so when you win the derby you need to celebrate - and especially when it's in that way," he said with a grin.
Nani was mobbed by a couple of selfie-seeking young Victory fans during his post-match TV interview.
He said he'd enjoyed the attention in his first months in Australia.
"I like the environment here. People say that there is no culture here about the football - but it's not true," he said.
"Everywhere I go, everywhere I walk, people recognise me, people ask for photos and it's nice.
"It was nice to see the kids running on the field. Obviously the security doesn't like (it) but this is the passion of the game.
"So when you see that, we need to put ourselves in that position because we've all been that - one day we were kids and we wanted to do that as well."
