Danilo Veiga
Portuguese footballer (born 2002)
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Danilo Filipe de Melo Veiga (born 25 September 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie A club Lecce.
Full name
Danilo Filipe de Melo Veiga
Date of birth
25 September 2002
Place of birth
Gondomar, Portugal
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danilo Filipe de Melo Veiga | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Gondomar, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | 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 | 12 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Gil Vicente | 9 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Rijeka | 28 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Estrela da Amadora | 15 | (0) |
| 2025– | Lecce | 49 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2024– | Portugal U21 | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026 | |||
Club 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]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 February 2026[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Felgueiras | 2021–22 | Liga 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Gil Vicente | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
| Rijeka | 2022–23 | HNL | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | HNL | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| Total | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Estrela da Amadora | 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Lecce | 2024–25 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Serie A | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 100 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 1 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
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