José Veiga (footballer born 1976)

Football player infobox
playername = José Veiga


fullname = José Manuel Monteiro Da Veiga
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|12|18
cityofbirth = Lisbon
countryofbirth = Portugal
height = height|ft=6|in=2
currentclub = Atherstone Town
clubnumber =
position = Goalkeeper
years = 1995–1996
1996–1998
1998–2001
2001–2002
2002–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–
clubs = S.L. Benfica
F.C. Alverca
Levante UD
Real Valladolid
C.F. Estrela da Amadora
S.C. Olhanense
Tamworth
Atherstone Town
caps(goals) = 000 (0)
047 (0)
127 (0)
000 (0)
092 (0)
002 (0)
040 (0)
000 (0)
nationalyears = 2004–
nationalteam = Cape Verde
nationalcaps(goals) = 11 (0)
pcupdate = 20:28, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

José Veiga, full name José Manuel Monteiro da Veiga, (born December 18 1976 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese born Cape Verdean professional footballer, who plays for Southern Football League Division One Midlands side Atherstone Town, where he plays as a goalkeeper.

Playing career

Veiga has spent much of his career in his home land with S.L. Benfica, C.F. Estrela da Amadora and a brief stint with S.C. Olhanense and had a long spell in neighbouring Spain with Levante UD and Real Valladolid.

Tamworth

Veiga was desperate to play in England and he trained with Walsall and Bury, and was apparently attracting a lot of interest from league clubs.Fact|date=October 2007

José had trials at Tamworth in the 2006/07 pre-season but had to wait for international clearance before boss Mark Cooper could bring him to The Lamb, but on November 11, 2006 Veiga signed for Conference National side Tamworth. Despite Tamworth's relegation Veiga signed a one-year contract on July 10, 2007 to stay with the club. [cite news |first=Dave |last=Clayton |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Jose flies in to sign |url=http://www.thelambs.co.uk/news/newsDetail.asp?secID=1&newsID=632 |work= |publisher="TheLambs.co.uk" |date=2007-07-10 |accessdate=2007-09-02 ]

It was announced on March 14 2008, that Veiga would be leaving The Lambs at the end of the 2007/08 season. Veiga missed most of the season after dislocating his shoulder during training and was told by manager Gary Mills that he didn't figure in his long term plans. [cite news |first=Dave |last=Clayton |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Adios Jose |url=http://www.thelambs.co.uk/news/newsDetail.asp?secID=1&newsID=795 |work= |publisher="TheLambs.co.uk" |date=2008-03-14 |accessdate=2008-03-14 ]

International career

Cape Verde

He is one of two English based members in the current Cape Verde international football team, the other is West Bromwich Albion defender Pedro Pelé.

In more recent times Veiga had a falling out with the management of Cape Verde and was left out of the squad for the CAN 2008 qualifying match against Algeria on March 24, 2007 in favour of Ernesto Soares.

Veiga did however receive a re-call to the national team for the 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifying game against Gambia on June 16, 2007.

Honours

flagicon|Spain Levante UD

Winner
* 1998/99 Segunda División B

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=45293|name=Jose Veiga
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=7897 José Veiga] at [http://www.national-football-teams.com/ National-Football-Teams.com]
*FIFA player|235817