Eric Veiga
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AVS | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Mondercange | |||
| –2012 | RFC Union | ||
| 2013–2015 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| 2015–2016 | Eintracht Braunschweig | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Eintracht Braunschweig II | 44 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Aves | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Vilafranquense | 60 | (1) |
| 2023– | AVS | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Luxembourg U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | Portugal U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016– | Luxembourg | 7 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2024 | |||
Eric Veiga (born 18 February 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Liga Portugal 2 club AVS.[1]
Club career
[edit]In 2015, Veiga joined the under-19 side of German club Eintracht Braunschweig from the youth of Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[2] On 3 March 2016, he made his debut for Eintracht Braunschweig II in the Regionalliga Nord.[3]
In July 2019, Veiga moved to Portuguese club C.D. Aves, starting for the club's U23-squad.[4]
International career
[edit]Veiga represented both Luxembourg and Portugal at youth international level. On 18 May 2016, he was called up to the Luxembourg senior team by then manager Luc Holtz for a match against Nigeria,[5] but did not play. Veiga made his debut for Luxembourg on 2 September 2016 in a friendly against Latvia.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Luso-descendente Eric Veiga chamado para defrontar a Nigéria". Luxemburger Wort (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Veiga wechselt nach Braunschweig". Luxemburger Wort (in German). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Hannover 96 II 0:2 Eintracht Braunschweig II". kicker.de. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ Lusodescendente Eric Veiga assina contrato profissional com o Desportivo das Aves, wort.lu, 19 July 2019
- ^ "Holtz beruft Kader für Nigeria-Spiel". L'essentiel (in German). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Des débuts de mi-temps catastrophiques". Luxemburger Wort (in French). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Eric Veiga – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Eric Veiga at Soccerway
- Eric Veiga at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile (in Portuguese) at the official website of FPF
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Luxembourg City
- Luxembourgian men's footballers
- Luxembourg men's international footballers
- Luxembourg men's youth international footballers
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Luxembourgian people of Portuguese descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- C.D. Aves players
- Eintracht Braunschweig II players
- U.D. Vilafranquense players
- AVS Futebol SAD players
- Primeira Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Luxembourgian expatriate men's footballers
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
- 21st-century Luxembourgian sportsmen