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Eric Veiga

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Eric Veiga
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 27)
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
0000–2012 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)
*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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Luso-descendente Eric Veiga chamado para defrontar a Nigéria". Luxemburger Wort (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Veiga wechselt nach Braunschweig". Luxemburger Wort (in German). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Hannover 96 II 0:2 Eintracht Braunschweig II". kicker.de. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. ^ Lusodescendente Eric Veiga assina contrato profissional com o Desportivo das Aves, wort.lu, 19 July 2019
  5. ^ "Holtz beruft Kader für Nigeria-Spiel". L'essentiel (in German). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Des débuts de mi-temps catastrophiques". Luxemburger Wort (in French). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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