Danilo Veiga
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danilo Filipe Melo Veiga | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Gondomar, Portugal, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lecce | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2013 | Estrelas de Fânzeres | ||
| 2013–2014 | Salgueiros | ||
| 2014–2020 | Porto | ||
| 2020–2021 | Paços de Ferreira | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Felgueiras | 25 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Gil Vicente | 9 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Rijeka | 28 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Estrela da Amadora | 15 | (0) |
| 2025– | Lecce | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2025 | |||
Danilo Filipe Melo Veiga (born 25 September 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Italian Serie A club Lecce.
Career
[edit]Veiga is a youth product of Estrelas de Fânzeres, Salgueiros, Porto and Paços de Ferreira.[1] He began his senior career with Felgueiras in the Liga 3 in the 2021-22 season. On 25 May 2022, he transferred to the Primeira Liga side Gil Vicente.[2] He made his professional debut with Gil Vicente in a 1–1 UEFA Europa League tie with Riga FC on 3 August 2022.[3]
On 28 January 2025, Veiga signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Lecce in Italy.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Portugal, Veiga is of Brazilian descent.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Danilo Veiga: "Pensei em deixar o futebol"". www.record.pt.
- ^ Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de. "Danilo Veiga é reforço do Gil Vicente". Danilo Veiga é reforço do Gil Vicente.
- ^ "Riga 1-1 Gil Vicente: results, summary and goals". AS.com. 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Danilo Veiga in giallorosso" [Danilo Veiga in yellow and red] (in Italian). US Lecce. 28 January 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ "Danilo Veiga derrubou Galeno e deixou Gil Vicente reduzido a dez unidades". Notícias ao Minuto. 21 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Danilo Veiga at Soccerway
- Danilo Veiga national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Gondomar, Portugal
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Portuguese people of Brazilian descent
- Sportspeople of Brazilian descent
- F.C. Felgueiras (2006) players
- Gil Vicente F.C. players
- HNK Rijeka players
- C.F. Estrela da Amadora players
- US Lecce players
- Primeira Liga players
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Croatian Football League players
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
- Portuguese football biography stubs