Eric Veiga
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 February 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Luxembourg | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Eintracht Braunschweig | ||
Number | 29 | ||
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 | 44 | (4) |
2018– | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
Luxembourg U17 | |||
2014 | Luxembourg U19 | 3 | (0) |
2015 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (0) |
2016 | Portugal U19 | 1 | (0) |
2016– | Luxembourg | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2016 |
Eric Veiga (born 18 February 1997) is a Luxembourgian footballer of Portuguese descent who plays as a midfielder.[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 (archive)
- Eric Veiga at Soccerway
- Eric Veiga at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile Template:Pt icon at the website of the Portuguese Football Federation
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Luxembourgian footballers
- Portuguese footballers
- Luxembourg international footballers
- Luxembourg youth international footballers
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Eintracht Braunschweig II players
- Eintracht Braunschweig players
- Luxembourgian expatriate footballers
- Luxembourgian expatriates in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Luxembourgian people of Portuguese descent
- Regionalliga players