{{short description|Luxembourgish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Eric Veiga | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|2|18}} | birth_place = Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | height = 1.83 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Flamurtari | clubnumber = 18 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = FC Mondercange | youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2012 | youthclubs2 = RFC Union | youthyears3 = 2013–2015 | youthclubs3 = Bayer Leverkusen | youthyears4 = 2015–2016 | youthclubs4 = Eintracht Braunschweig | years1 = 2016–2019 | clubs1 = Eintracht Braunschweig II | caps1 = 44 | goals1 = 4 | years2 = 2019–2020 | clubs2 = Aves | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2020–2023 | clubs3 = Vilafranquense | caps3 = 60 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2023–2025 | clubs4 = AVS | caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = Flamurtari | caps5 = 30 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2014 | nationalteam1 = Luxembourg U19 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2015 | nationalteam2 = Portugal U18 | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2016 | nationalteam3 = Portugal U19 | nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2016– | nationalteam4 = Luxembourg | nationalcaps4 = 10 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | club-update = 13 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = 10 October 2025 }}
'''Eric Veiga''' (born 18 February 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Albanian Kategoria Superiore club Flamurtari.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wort.lu/pt/desporto/futebol-selecc-o-luxemburguesa-luso-descendente-eric-veiga-chamado-para-defrontar-a-nigeria-573c541aac730ff4e7f608f6 | title = Luso-descendente Eric Veiga chamado para defrontar a Nigéria | work = Luxemburger Wort | language = Portuguese | accessdate = 2 September 2016}}</ref>
==Club career== In 2015, Veiga joined the under-19 side of German club Eintracht Braunschweig from the youth of Bayer 04 Leverkusen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wort.lu/de/sport/fussball-veiga-wechselt-nach-braunschweig-556c454b0c88b46a8ce5a529|title=Veiga wechselt nach Braunschweig|language=German|work=Luxemburger Wort|accessdate=2 September 2016}}</ref> On 3 March 2016, he made his debut for Eintracht Braunschweig II in the Regionalliga Nord.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/hannover-ii-gegen-braunschweig-ii-2016-regionalliga-nord-2895219/schema|title=Hannover 96 II 0:2 Eintracht Braunschweig II|work=Kicker|access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref>
In July 2019, Veiga moved to Portuguese club C.D. Aves, starting for the club's U23-squad.<ref>[https://www.wort.lu/pt/desporto/lusodescendente-eric-veiga-assina-contrato-profissional-com-o-desportivo-das-aves-5d317f86da2cc1784e3482d6 Lusodescendente Eric Veiga assina contrato profissional com o Desportivo das Aves], wort.lu, 19 July 2019</ref>
==International career== 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/de/sport/fussball/story/12533921|title=Holtz beruft Kader für Nigeria-Spiel|language=de|work=L'essentiel|access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref> but did not play. Veiga made his debut for Luxembourg on 2 September 2016 in a friendly against Latvia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wort.lu/fr/sport/match-amical-lettonie-luxembourg-des-debuts-de-mi-temps-catastrophiques-57c9d147ac730ff4e7f65d7f|title=Des débuts de mi-temps catastrophiques|language=fr|work=Luxemburger Wort|access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
== External links == * {{UEFA player|250056836|Eric Veiga}} * {{Soccerway|eric-veiga/275987}} * {{NFT|65068|name=Eric Veiga}} * [https://www.fpf.pt/pt/Jogadores/Pesquisar-Jogadores-Internacionais/Jogador/playerId/880607 Profile] {{in lang|pt}} at the official website of FPF
{{DEFAULTSORT:Veiga, Eric}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Luxembourg City Category:Luxembourgian men's footballers Category:Luxembourg men's international footballers Category:Luxembourg men's youth international footballers Category:Portuguese men's footballers Category:Portugal men's youth international footballers Category:Luxembourgian people of Portuguese descent Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:C.D. Aves players Category:Eintracht Braunschweig II players Category:U.D. Vilafranquense players Category:AVS Futebol SAD players Category:Flamurtari FC players Category:Primeira Liga players Category:Regionalliga players Category:Liga Portugal 2 players Category:Kategoria Superiore players Category:Luxembourgian expatriate men's footballers Category:Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Category:Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Category:21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Category:21st-century Luxembourgian sportsmen