MANCHESTER United star Nani has a life-size marble statue of himself in his living room.

Visitors to the winger's mansion were amazed to see the carved figure dressed in his club colors -- with his football medals around its neck.

The bizarre statue of Portuguese ace Nani, 24, whose real name is Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha, was topped off with a jester-style hat donated by a fan.

One recent guest at the house in Wilmslow, north-western England, said: "It stops you in your tracks. He's placed it on a stand in the middle of his living room. It's massive, you can't miss it. And it's weird when he stands next to it because it's so life-like."

Nani, who cost Manchester United £17 million ($A27.6 million), commissioned a local sculptor to make the 5ft 10in (1.78m) statue.

Originally published as Nani immortalised in marble statue