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Danilo Veiga

Top-tier performerLecce · 23 yrs

Profile

Full nameDanilo Filipe Melo Veiga
PositionFull-back
NationalityPortugal
Age23
Date of birth25 Sept 2002
BirthplaceGondomar
Height183 cm
Shirt number#17
ClubLecce
Full-backalso played MID
36
Appearances
0
Goals
1
Assists
3022
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Lecce.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Serie A360130226.74
Coppa Italia2001246.6

Scout report

Top-tier performerBall-winning Full-back

Danilo Veiga is a 23-year-old full-back at Lecce, rated 80.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 43rd of 388 on scout potential in the Serie A. An emerging talent, he has been an ever-present this season (90.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.26 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Veiga.

Judged on this season alone, Veiga graded 51 — a strong campaign that ranks top 27% of the 63 full-backs in the Serie A, on 9 clean sheets and 4.259 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 16 → 51). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 80, top 20% of the 63 full-backs in the Serie A. At 23 Veiga is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 53 reflects that trajectory.

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A career still climbing — Veiga is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Streaky
Current potentialTop 20% full-backs · Serie ACurrent seasonTop 27% full-backs · Serie A17th-best full-back in the Serie A43rd in the Serie A · potential12th-highest potential full-back in the Serie A
80.4
Ratingi
12th of 63 full-backs
51.4
Seasoni
a solid contributor and squad regular
90.8%
Minutes
near ever-present
4.26
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Lecce finished 17th of 20 · a lower-table side

4.26
Def. / 90
98
Tackles
31
Interceptions
9
Clean sheets

4.26 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 36 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 90.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Defensive volume. 4.26 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 80.4, Veiga carries the 12th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Serie A (top 20%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Lecce finished 17th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.26 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0
Shots on target2
Shots5

Passing

Assists1
Pass accuracy70%

Possession

Successful dribbles21
Dribble success33.3%
Fouls won47

Defending

Tackles98
Interceptions31
Blocks14
Fouls committed44

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards9
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.