Danilo Veiga

{{short description|Portuguese association footballer}} {{Portuguese name|Melo|Veiga}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Danilo Veiga | image = | caption = | full_name = Danilo Filipe de Melo Veiga | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2002|9|25}} | birth_place = Gondomar, Portugal | height = 1.83 m | position = Right-back | currentclub = Lecce | clubnumber = 17 | youthyears1 = 2010–2013 | youthclubs1 = Estrelas de Fânzeres | youthyears2 = 2013–2014 | youthclubs2 = Salgueiros | youthyears3 = 2014–2020 | youthclubs3 = Porto | youthyears4 = 2020–2021 | youthclubs4 = Paços de Ferreira | years1 = 2021–2022 | clubs1 = Felgueiras | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2022–2023 | clubs2 = Gil Vicente | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2023–2024 | clubs3 = Rijeka | caps3 = 28 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2024–2025 | clubs4 = Estrela da Amadora | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = Lecce | caps5 = 49 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2024– | nationalteam1 = Portugal U21 | nationalcaps1 = 0 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 25 May 2026 }}

'''Danilo Filipe de Melo Veiga''' (born 25 September 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Italian {{Italian football updater|Lecce}} club Lecce.

==Career== Veiga is a youth product of Estrelas de Fânzeres, Salgueiros, Porto and Paços de Ferreira.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/gil-vicente/detalhe/danilo-veiga-pensei-em-deixar-o-futebol|title=Danilo Veiga: "Pensei em deixar o futebol"|website=www.record.pt}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/futebol-nacional/danilo-veiga-e-reforco-do-gil-vicente_d1407628|title=Danilo Veiga é reforço do Gil Vicente|first=Rádio e Televisão de|last=Portugal|website=Danilo Veiga é reforço do Gil Vicente}}</ref> He made his professional debut with Gil Vicente in a 1–1 UEFA Europa League tie with Riga FC on 3 August 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.as.com/resultados/futbol/conference_league/2022_2023/directo/tercera_ronda_a_1_414018/|title=Riga 1-1 Gil Vicente: results, summary and goals|date=3 August 2022|website=AS.com}}</ref>

On 28 January 2025, Veiga signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Lecce in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=US Lecce|url=https://www.uslecce.it/news/288531844614/danilo-veiga-in-giallorosso|title=Danilo Veiga in giallorosso|trans-title=Danilo Veiga in yellow and red|date=28 January 2025|access-date=28 January 2025|language=it}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==

=== Club === {{updated|match played 16 February 2026}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerway.com/player/veiga-danilo/6D0rROrT/|title=Danilo Veiga|website=Soccerway.com|date=16 February 2026}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |Cup ! colspan="2" |Europe ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |Felgueiras |2021–22 |Liga 3 |12||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||0 |- |Gil Vicente |2022–23 |Primeira Liga |9||0||2||0||3{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} ||0||colspan="2"|—||14||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Rijeka |2022–23 |HNL |17||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||0 |- |2023–24 |HNL |11||0||4||1||4{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||19||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !28!!0!!4!!1!!4!!0!!0!!0!!36!!1 |- |Estrela da Amadora |2024–25 |Primeira Liga |15||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||16||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Lecce |2024–25 |Serie A |13||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||0 |- |2025–26 |Serie A |23||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !36!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!38!!0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !100!!0!!12!!1!!7!!0!!0!!0!!119!!1 |}

==Personal life== Born in Portugal, Veiga is of Brazilian descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/desporto/2137844/danilo-veiga-derrubou-galeno-e-deixou-gil-vicente-reduzido-a-dez-unidades|title=Danilo Veiga derrubou Galeno e deixou Gil Vicente reduzido a dez unidades|date=21 December 2022|website=Notícias ao Minuto}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Soccerway|danilo-filipe-melo-veiga/641247}} * {{FPF national player|928901}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Veiga, Danilo}} Category:2002 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Gondomar, Portugal Category:Portuguese men's footballers Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Portuguese people of Brazilian descent Category:Sportspeople of Brazilian descent Category:F.C. Felgueiras (2006) players Category:Gil Vicente F.C. players Category:HNK Rijeka players Category:C.F. Estrela da Amadora players Category:US Lecce players Category:Primeira Liga players Category:Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Category:Croatian Football League players Category:Serie A players Category:Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Category:21st-century Portuguese sportsmen