Raphael Veiga

Raphael Veiga
Personal information
Full name Raphael Cavalcante Veiga
Date of birth (1995-06-19) 19 June 1995
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Coritiba
Number 20
Youth career
Corinthians
São Paulo
Portuguesa
2010–2013 Pão de Açúcar
2013–2016 Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Coritiba 19 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2016.


Raphael Cavalcante Veiga (born 19 June 1995), known as Raphael Veiga, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Coritiba as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in São Paulo, Veiga represented Corinthians, São Paulo, Portuguesa and Pão de Açúcar as a youth before joining Coritiba in September 2013.[1] He spent two years in the youth setup before being promoted to the main squad in February 2016.[2]

On 10 March 2016 Veiga made his professional debut, coming on as a second-half substitute for Thiago Lopes in a 3–0 Primeira Liga home win against Avaí.[3] He made his Série A debut on 23 July, starting in a 1–0 away win against Santa Cruz.[4]

Veiga scored his first goal as a senior on 3 August 2016, but in a 1–3 loss at Vitória.

References

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