Eric Veiga
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 February 1997 | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Eintracht Braunschweig II | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Mondercange | |||
| –2012 | Racing FC Union Luxembourg | ||
| 2013–2015 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||
| 2015–2016 | Eintracht Braunschweig | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016– | Eintracht Braunschweig II | 9 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Luxembourg U17 | |||
| 2014 | Luxembourg U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | Portugal U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016– | Luxembourg | 2 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 October 2016. | |||
Eric Veiga (born 18 February 1997) is a Luxembourgian footballer of Portuguese descent.[1]
Career
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]
International career
Veiga represented both Luxembourg and Portugal at youth level. On 18 May 2016, he was called up to the Luxembourg senior national team by Luc Holtz for a match against Nigeria,[4] but did not play. Veiga made his debut for Luxembourg on 2 September 2016 in a friendly against Latvia.[5]
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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
- Eric Veiga – UEFA competition record
- Eric Veiga profile at Soccerway
- Eric Veiga at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile (Portuguese) at the website of the Portuguese Football Federation
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