Eric Veiga

Eric Veiga
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-18) 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
0000–2012 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.
‡ National team caps and goals 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

  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. ↑ "Holtz beruft Kader für Nigeria-Spiel". L'essentiel (in German). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Des débuts de mi-temps catastrophiques". Luxemburger Wort (in French). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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