Paul McVeigh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Francis McVeigh | ||
| Date of birth | 6 December 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker, Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2000 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | (1) |
| 2000–2007 | Norwich City | 215 | (36) |
| 2007 | → Burnley (loan) | 8 | (3) |
| 2007–2009 | Luton Town | 38 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | Norwich City | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 273 | (43) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2002 | Northern Ireland U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 1999–2004 | Northern Ireland | 20 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:42, 15 May 2010 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:23, 22 October 2008 (UTC) |
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Paul Francis McVeigh (born 6 December 1977) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City, Burnley and Luton Town in the English Leagues.
Born in Belfast, McVeigh started his career at Tottenham Hotspur where he made 3 appearances scoring 1 goal against Coventry City. He joined Norwich City in March 2000 on a free transfer. The following season he made 6 starts and 6 substitute appearances. He also scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 home win against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The following season he scored 10 goals as Norwich reached the final of the Division One play-offs. In the 2002–03 campaign he was the club's top scorer with 15 goals. Most of those goals came when he was partnering Iwan Roberts upfront, although later in the season Worthington decided to move him to left midfield. The following season he scored 5 goals in over 40 appearances and helped Norwich win promotion to the FA Premier League. During the 2004–05 season in the Premier League, McVeigh made 20 first team appearances, and his highlight was when he scored at Old Trafford in Norwich's first away game.
McVeigh was made available for transfer by manager Nigel Worthington at the start of the 2005–06 season although towards the end of 2005 injuries forced Worthington to start McVeigh. McVeigh played incredibly well for the remainder of the season scoring vital goals at Leeds, Leicester and Sheffield United. This helped gain him the player of the month award in December and January and he signed a one-year contract extension. He started off the 2006–07 season from the bench but got a run in the team by October. McVeigh made a bad first impression on new manager Peter Grant when he was sent off for headbutting in injury time during the 1–0 win over Cardiff. McVeigh got very few opportunities under Grant and was loaned out to Burnley for the last few months of the season where he scored 3 goals helping them to survive in the championship. McVeigh was released by Norwich at the end of the 2006–07 season.
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