Eric Veiga (born 18 February 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vilafranquense.[1]
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Vilafranquense | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Mondercange | |||
| 0000–2012 | RFC Union | ||
| 2013–2015 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| 2015–2016 | Eintracht Braunschweig | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Eintracht Braunschweig II | 53 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Aves | 8 | (0) |
| 2020– | Vilafranquense | 34 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | Luxembourg U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | Portugal U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016– | Luxembourg | 6 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2021 | |||
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]
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,[5] but did not play. Veiga made his debut for Luxembourg on 2 September 2016 in a friendly against Latvia.[6]
C.D. Aves – current squad | |
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