Danilo Veiga

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Danilo Veiga
Personal information
Full name Danilo Filipe Melo Veiga
Date of birth (2002-09-25) 25 September 2002 (age 22)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Career

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

Born in Portugal, Veiga is of Brazilian descent. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Danilo Veiga: "Pensei em deixar o futebol"". www.record.pt.
  2. ↑ Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de. "Danilo Veiga é reforço do Gil Vicente". Danilo Veiga é reforço do Gil Vicente.
  3. ↑ "Riga 1-1 Gil Vicente: results, summary and goals". AS.com. 3 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Danilo Veiga in giallorosso" [Danilo Veiga in yellow and red] (in Italian). US Lecce. 28 January 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Danilo Veiga derrubou Galeno e deixou Gil Vicente reduzido a dez unidades". Notícias ao Minuto. 21 December 2022.


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