Nélson Veiga
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nélson César Tavares Rodrigues da Veiga | ||
Date of birth | 9 February 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
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Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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KAC | ||
Youth career | |||
1988–1990 | Agualva | ||
1990–1991 | Sporting CP | ||
1991–1993 | Agualva | ||
1993–1995 | Estrela Amadora | ||
1996 | Estoril | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–2000 | Estoril | 80 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Vitória Setúbal | 49 | (1) |
2003–2006 | Naval | 69 | (1) |
2006–2008 | Omonia | 49 | (2) |
2008–2010 | AEK Larnaca | 39 | (3) |
2010–2011 | Aves | 7 | (0) |
2011 | Atlético | 2 | (0) |
2011– | KAC | ||
International career | |||
2003–2007 | Cape Verde | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2011 |
Nélson César Tavares Rodrigues da Veiga (born 9 February 1978) is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays for Moroccan club KAC Marrakech. He can operate as either a right back or a central defender.
Club career
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Veiga played for several local clubs as a youth, finishing his formation at G.D. Estoril-Praia and going on to spend his first four senior seasons with them, three in the second division and one in the third. In 2000 he signed for Vitória de Setúbal, contributing with 17 games and one goal in his first year as the Sadinos returned to the top level.
After two more years with Vitória, Veiga returned to division two and joined Associação Naval 1º de Maio, achieving another top flight promotion in 2005, the Figueira da Foz club's first ever. In the 2006 summer, after helping the team retain its division status, he left Portugal for the first time, going on to spend the following four seasons in Cyprus with AC Omonia and AEK Larnaca FC.
Veiga returned to his country of adoption for the 2010–11 campaign, signing for C.D. Aves in the second level.
International career
Veiga chose to represent Cape Verde internationally, making his debut in 2003. He played every match in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification stage, only missing the contests against Burkina Faso and Uganda.
External links
- Nélson Veiga at footballzz.co.uk
- Nélson Veiga profile at ForaDeJogo
- Nélson Veiga at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Nélson Veiga – FIFA competition record
- Nélson Veiga at Soccerway
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent
- Sportspeople from Lisbon
- Cape Verdean footballers
- Association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- Portuguese Second Division players
- G.D. Estoril Praia players
- Vitória F.C. players
- Associação Naval 1º de Maio players
- C.D. Aves players
- Atlético CP players
- Cypriot First Division players
- AC Omonia players
- AEK Larnaca F.C. players
- KAC Marrakech footballers
- Cape Verde international footballers
- Cape Verdean expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Morocco
- Portuguese expatriates in Cyprus