Renato Veiga
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Renato Palma Veiga | ||
| Date of birth | 29 July 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, centre-back, left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Basel | ||
| Number | 40 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2013 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2013–2019 | Real S.C. | ||
| 2019–2022 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Sporting CP B | 31 | (4) |
| 2023 | → FC Augsburg (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2023– | Basel | 13 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Portugal U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2022– | Portugal U20 | 6 | (1) |
| 2023– | Portugal U21 | 5 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:32, 20 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Renato Palma Veiga (born 29 July 2003) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Swiss Super League club Basel and captains the Portugal national under-20 football team. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a centre-back or left-back.
Early life[edit]
Veiga was born in Lisbon, Portugal.[1]
Youth career[edit]
A former youth player for Sporting CP, he resigned for them from Real S.C. in 2019.
Club career[edit]
Sporting CP[edit]
Veiga made his debut for Sporting CP B against Cova Piedade U23 on 12 September 2020. On 31 October 2020, he scored his first goal against C.S. Marítimo U23.
FC Augsburg (loan)[edit]
At the end of January 2023, Veiga signed for FC Augsburg on, what was intended to be, a one year loan up until 31 December 2023.[2] He made his Bundesliga debut on 11 February 2023 in a 1–3 defeat against Mainz 05.[3] However, on 15 August the club announced, that after analyzing the first six months together with the player, they ultimately came to the decision to end the loan early.[4]
Basel[edit]
On 28 August 2023, Swiss Super League side Basel announced that they had signed Veiga on a four-year contract.[5] This was reported to have had a fee of €4.6 million, with Sporting keeping a 10% sell-on clause.[6] On the next day, Veiga joined Basel's first team during their 2023–24 season under head coach Timo Schultz.
Veiga played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 3 September, playing in the starting eleven. He scored his first goal for the team in the same game, an excellent goal from a free kick, as Basel played a 2–2 draw with Zürich.[7] He was named player of the week by the Swiss Super League.[8]
International career[edit]
Veiga is a youth international for Portugal, having played up to the Portugal U20s.[9]
Personal life[edit]
Veiga is the son of the Cape Verde international footballer Nélson Veiga.[10]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 8 October 2023[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting CP B | 2021–22 | Liga 3 | 16 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Liga 3 | 15 | 3 | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||
| Total | 31 | 4 | — | — | 31 | 4 | ||||
| FC Augsburg (loan) | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| Basel | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Career total | 49 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ "Renato Palma Veiga | FC Augsburg | Player Profile - Bundesliga". Bundesliga.
- ^ "Renato Veiga signs for FCA on loan". FC Augsburg.
- ^ "Ernüchternde Niederlage: FCA kann den Mainzer Fastnachts-Express nicht aufhalten" [Sobering defeat: FCA cannot stop the Mainz Fastnachts-Express]. Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 11 February 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ FC Augsburg (15 August 2023). "Leihe mit Renato Veiga wird vorzeitig beendet" [Renato Veiga's loan has been concluded early] (in German). Website FC Augsburg. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ FC Basel 1893 (28 August 2023). "Renato Veiga wechselt von Sporting Lissabon zum FCB" [Renato Veiga is moving from Sporting Lisbon to FCB] (in Swiss High German). Website FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Renato Veiga no Basileia: Sporting faz a maior venda de um jogador da formação que nunca se estreou na equipa principal" [Renato Veiga in Basel: Sporting makes biggest sale of an academy player who never debuted for the main team] (in European Portuguese). Record. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (3 September 2023). "FC Basel - FC Zürich 2:2 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ red. desporto (6 September 2023). "Renato Veiga chega, brilha e é eleito jogador da semana na Suíça" [Renato Veiga arrives, shines and is voted player of the week in Switzerland] (in European Portuguese). noticiasaominuto.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Renato Veiga". FPF.
- ^ "Futebol/Cabo Verde: Filho de antigo internacional cabo-verdiano destaca-se nos juniores do Sporting". SAPO Desporto.
- ^ Renato Veiga at Soccerway
External links[edit]
- Renato Veiga at Soccerway
- Renato Veiga at WorldFootball.net
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lisbon
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
- Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
- Black Portuguese sportspeople
- Men's association football midfielders
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- Bundesliga players
- Swiss Super League players
- Sporting CP B players
- FC Augsburg players
- FC Basel players
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland