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Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso (Portuguese pronunciation: [miˈɣɛl ˈlwiʃ ˈpĩtu vɨˈlozu]; born 11 May 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for and captains Italian club Hellas Verona. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also operate as an attacking left-back.

Miguel Veloso

Veloso with Dynamo Kyiv in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso[1]
Date of birth	(1986-05-11) 11 May 1986 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth	Coimbra, Portugal[1]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Hellas Verona
Number	4
Youth career
1994–1999	Benfica
1999–2000	CAC Pontinha
2000–2005	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2010	Sporting CP	98	(4)
2005–2006	→ Olivais Moscavide (loan)	28	(7)
2010–2012	Genoa	49	(2)
2012–2016	Dynamo Kyiv	78	(6)
2016–2018	Genoa	45	(1)
2018–2019	Genoa	21	(0)
2019–	Hellas Verona	88	(5)
National team
2001–2002	Portugal U16	10	(0)
2002–2003	Portugal U17	25	(3)
2004	Portugal U18	5	(1)
2004–2005	Portugal U19	9	(2)
2006	Portugal U20	2	(1)
2006–2008	Portugal U21	18	(5)
2007–2015	Portugal	56	(3)
Honours Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Championship 2012 Poland-Ukraine UEFA European U17 Championship Winner 2003 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:25, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

He started his career with Sporting CP, for whom he appeared in 156 games in all competitions, and also spent two years with Genoa before joining Dynamo Kyiv in 2012. After winning four domestic honours in Ukraine, he returned to Genoa in 2016.

A full international since 2007, Veloso earned 56 caps for Portugal, appearing at two World Cups and as many European Championships.

Club career

Sporting CP

Born in Coimbra, Veloso started his football career at S.L. Benfica, but was rejected for being slightly overweight at the time, entering Lisbon neighbours Sporting CP's youth system at the age of 14.[2] There, he was promoted to the first team for the 2004–05 pre-season, which took place mainly in England; he started out as a central defender.[3][4]

In order to receive more playing time, Veloso was loaned to C.D. Olivais e Moscavide in the third division,[5] and he helped them promote to the Segunda Liga with a career-best seven goals.[6] As a result, he was recalled by the Lions – though it appeared difficult for him to grab a place in the starting team, because of the presence of players with much more experience such as Ânderson Polga, Tonel, Marco Caneira or Custódio – and ended up playing 23 Primeira Liga matches during the campaign as his team finished second. He was equally impressive in his debut in the UEFA Champions League, a 1–0 home win against Inter Milan where he stopped Patrick Vieira and Luís Figo from playing effectively, earning Player of the match accolades in the process.[7]

In 2007–08, Veloso was ever-present in Sporting's central midfield alongside fellow youth graduate João Moutinho.[8][9] The club again lost the league to FC Porto, and the same befell in the following season, with the player being involved in some run-ins with manager Paulo Bento.[10] In the previous off-season and the following January transfer window, he attracted interest from several Premier League sides, but nothing materialised.[11][12][13]

Veloso helped Sporting reach the last 16 in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, after scoring in both legs of the 4–2 aggregate victory over Everton.[14][15] They could only, however, finish fourth in the domestic league.

Italy and Dynamo Kyiv

On 30 July 2010, Veloso was sold to Genoa C.F.C. in Italy.[16] On 4 July 2012 he moved teams and countries again, signing a four-year contract with FC Dynamo Kyiv of the Ukrainian Premier League.[17][18]

On 31 July 2016, after 127 games in all competitions (14 goals) and four major titles, including the double in the 2014–15 campaign, 30-year-old Veloso returned to Genoa.[19] He left the Stadio Luigi Ferraris two years later,[20] but returned shortly after agreeing to a new deal.[21]

Veloso signed a one-year contract with Hellas Verona F.C. on 20 July 2019.[22] He scored a free kick on his debut on 25 August, equalising in a 1–1 home draw with Bologna F.C. 1909.[23]

International career

Veloso acted as captain for Portugal at the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, helping the nation emerge victorious on home soil after defeating Spain 2–1 in an Iberian final played in Viseu.[24] He was elected the tournament's Golden Player,[25] and subsequently also helped the team reach the quarter-finals in that year's FIFA World Cup held in Finland.

On 14 August 2007, following impressive performances for the under-21s in the 2007 UEFA European Championship in June (the skipper scored twice in three games, albeit in a group stage exit),[26] Veloso was called up to the full side for the first time, for a Euro 2008 qualifier against Armenia,[27] but only made his international debut against Azerbaijan on 13 October.[28] In the finals' group stage, he appeared in the 0–2 loss against Switzerland, a game in which nine out of 11 regular starters were rested.[29]

Veloso was recalled by coach Carlos Queiroz after a long spell out of the squad, for vital 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches with Denmark and Hungary in September 2009,[30] but did not leave the bench on either occasion;[31][32] he did take the field when they met the latter again the following month, winning 3–0.[33] He netted his first international goal in the same competition, in a 4–0 victory over Malta in Guimarães on 14 October.[34]

On 15 November 2011, Veloso scored from a free kick as Portugal defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 6–2 at the Estádio da Luz in a play-off for a place at Euro 2012.[35] He played every minute of their finals campaign in Poland and Ukraine, before being substituted at half-time in extra time of an eventual penalty shootout loss to Spain in the semi-finals.[36]

In September 2015, after one year in the international wilderness,[37] Veloso was picked by manager Fernando Santos for a friendly with France and a Euro 2016 qualifier against Albania.[38] In the second game, on the 7th, he headed home after a 92nd-minute corner kick for the only goal.[39]

Personal life

Veloso's father, António, was also a footballer. A defender, he played several years with Benfica, and was also a longtime Portuguese international.[10][40]

In 2013, Veloso married the daughter of Genoa club president Enrico Preziosi, Paola.[41]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 May 2022[42][43]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Olivais Moscavide	2005–06	Segunda Divisão	28	7	0	0	—		—		28	7
Sporting CP	2006–07	Primeira Liga	23	0	6	0	5[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		34	0
	2007–08		29	1	9	0	6[lower-alpha 1]	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	45	1
	2008–09		21	0	3	0	7[lower-alpha 1]	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	32	1
	2009–10		25	3	6	5	14[lower-alpha 3]	4	—		45	12
	Total		98	4	24	5	32	5	2	0	156	14
Genoa	2010–11	Serie A	20	0	2	0	—		—		22	0
	2011–12		29	2	2	0	—		—		31	2
	Total		49	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	53	2
Dynamo Kyiv	2012–13	Ukrainian Premier League	24	2	1	0	12[lower-alpha 4]	1	—		37	3
	2013–14		20	1	4	0	8[lower-alpha 5]	1	—		32	2
	2014–15		14	1	5	2	9[lower-alpha 5]	3	—		28	6
	2015–16		20	2	4	1	5[lower-alpha 1]	0	1[lower-alpha 6]	0	30	3
	Total		78	6	14	3	34	5	1	0	127	14
Genoa	2016–17	Serie A	23	0	2	1	—		—		25	1
	2017–18		22	1	1	0	—		—		23	1
	2018–19		21	0	1	0	—		—		22	0
	Total		66	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	70	2
Hellas Verona	2019–20	Serie A	34	3	1	0	—		—		35	3
	2020–21		21	2	1	0	—		—		22	2
	2021–22		22	0	2	0	—		—		24	0
	Total		77	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	81	5
Genoa total			115	3	8	1	0	0	0	0	123	4
Career total			396	25	50	9	66	10	3	0	515	44

International

Portugal[44]
Year	Apps	Goals
2007	4	0
2008	3	0
2009	3	1
2010	5	0
2011	6	1
2012	13	0
2013	11	0
2014	8	0
2015	3	1
Total	56	3

Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Miguel Veloso

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 October 2009	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal	Malta	3–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[34]
2	15 November 2011	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5–2	6–2	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs[35]
3	7 September 2015	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania	Albania	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying[39]

Honours

Olivais e Moscavide

• Segunda Divisão: 2005–06

Sporting CP

• Taça de Portugal: 2006–07, 2007–08
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2007, 2008
• Taça da Liga runner-up: 2007–08, 2008–09

Dynamo Kyiv

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2014–15, 2015–16
• Ukrainian Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15
• Ukrainian Super Cup runner-up: 2014, 2015

Portugal U17

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2003

Individual

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship Golden Player Award: 2003[25]
• Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2006–07[45]
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2007[46]

References

External links

• Miguel Veloso at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Miguel Veloso at TuttoCalciatori (in Italian)
• National team data (in Portuguese)
• Miguel Veloso at National-Football-Teams.com
• Miguel Veloso – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Miguel Veloso – UEFA competition record (archive) 

На других языках

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[de] Miguel Veloso

Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso (* 11. Mai 1986 in Coimbra) ist ein portugiesischer Fußballspieler.

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- [en] Miguel Veloso

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[es] Miguel Veloso

Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso (Coímbra, Portugal, 11 de mayo de 1986) es un futbolista portugués. Juega de centrocampista y su equipo es el Hellas Verona de la Serie A de Italia.[1]

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[fr] Miguel Veloso

Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso plus couramment appelé Miguel Veloso, né le 11 mai 1986 à Coimbra au Portugal, est un footballeur international portugais et évolue au poste de milieu défensif au Hellas Vérone. Néanmoins, sa polyvalence lui permet d'évoluer également au poste d'arrière gauche ou défenseur central.

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[it] Miguel Veloso

Miguel Luis Pinto Veloso, noto semplicemente come Miguel Veloso (Coimbra, 11 maggio 1986), è un calciatore portoghese, centrocampista del Verona, di cui è capitano.

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[ru] Велозу, Мигел

Миге́л Луи́ш Пи́нту Вело́зу (порт. Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso; 11 мая 1986, Коимбра, Португалия) — португальский футболист, полузащитник итальянского клуба «Эллас Верона».

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