Miguel Veloso
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Veloso before a game with Dynamo Kyiv in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Coimbra, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Genoa | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1999 | Benfica | ||
| 1999–2000 | CAC Pontinha | ||
| 2000–2005 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2010 | Sporting CP | 98 | (4) |
| 2005–2006 | → Olivais Moscavide (loan) | 28 | (7) |
| 2010–2012 | Genoa | 49 | (2) |
| 2012–2016 | Dynamo Kyiv | 78 | (6) |
| 2016– | Genoa | 10 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2002 | Portugal U16 | 10 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Portugal U17 | 25 | (3) |
| 2004 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Portugal U19 | 9 | (2) |
| 2006 | Portugal U20 | 2 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | Portugal U21 | 18 | (5) |
| 2007– | Portugal | 56 | (3) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2015 |
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Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso (Portuguese pronunciation: [miˈɣɛɫ ˈlwiʃ ˈpĩtu vɨˈlozu]; born 11 May 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Italian club Genoa CFC. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also operate as an attacking left back.
He started his career with Sporting, for which he appeared in 165 games all competitions comprised, and also spent two years with Genoa before joining Dynamo Kyiv in 2012. After winning four domestic honours in Ukraine, he returned to Genoa in 2016.
A full international since 2007, Veloso earned over 50 caps for Portugal, appearing at two World Cups and as many European Championships.
Born in Coimbra, Miguel Veloso started his football career at S.L. Benfica, but was rejected for being slightly overweight at the time, entering Lisbon neighbours Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system at the age of 14. There, he was promoted to the first team for the 2004–05 pre-season, which took place mainly in England; he started out as a central defender.
In order to give him more playing time, Sporting loaned Veloso to C.D. Olivais e Moscavide in the third division, and he helped it promote to the second level with a career-best seven goals. As a result, he was recalled by the Lions – though it appeared difficult for him to grab a place in the starting team, because of the presence of players with much more experience such as Ânderson Polga, Tonel, Marco Caneira or Custódio – and ended up playing 23 Primeira Liga matches during the campaign as his team (again) finished second. He was equally impressive in his debut in the UEFA Champions League, a 1–0 home win against Inter Milan where he stopped Patrick Vieira and Luís Figo from playing effectively, earning Man of the match accolades in the process.
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