Manuel Veiga Mashado ( port. Manuel Veiga Machado ; September 15, 1986, Santa Maria de Oliveira , Portugal ) - Portuguese footballer, striker of the Lusitans club. He played for a number of clubs from the lower divisions of Portugal, then played in the Andorran teams Luzitans, San Julia and Andorra, and also played for the Cyprus clubs APOP Kiniras and Ayia Napa .
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| Full name | Manuel Veiga Mashadu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 15, 1986 (33 years old) Santa Maria de Oliveira , Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The weight | 69 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Lusitans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| room | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Achievements
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
At the age of thirteen, in 1995 he became a member of the Aves children team. From 2000 to 2004 he was in the camp of Famalikan . In the 2004/05 season, he was a player of the Lisbon Sporting , with whom he became the winner of the Portuguese Under-18 Championship [1] .
In 2005, he began his career with the Merelines team, which played in Portugal's third strongest division. Later, he played for other teams from the lower divisions of Portugal - Torkatenshe , Coorenche and Cabeisseres .
In 2008, he became a player in the Andorran club Lusitans , which was founded by immigrants from Portugal [2] . In the summer of 2008, he moved to another Andorran team, “ San Julia ”, with whom he won the championship of the Principality . In the summer of 2009, the team first participated in the Champions League . In the first round of “San Julia”, the San Marino “ Tre Fiori ” got caught and the Andorrans managed to win (2: 2 in the sum of two matches and 5: 4 in the penalty shootout) [3] . “San Julia” became the first Andorran team to advance to the next round of European competitions [4] . In the second round, the club lost in the two-match battle to the Bulgarian “ Levski ” (0: 9). Riera took part in all 4 fights [5] .
Then, the Portuguese moved to the Andorra club from the capital of the eponymous principality. Together with the team, he played in the lower divisions of Spain for two seasons. In 2011, Manuel Veiga joined the Cyprus APOP Kiniras , who played in the second division of the island nation . According to the results of the 2011/12 season, the team took 12th place and flew to the third division . In the summer of 2012, Riera signed a two-year contract with the Ayia Napa team, which first entered the Cyprus top division [6] . The Portuguese spent six months in the camp of the Cypriots, played 14 matches and scored 2 goals [7] .
In 2013, he returned to Andorra, joining the São Julia team. Riera took part in the final match of the Andorra Cup , in which his club lost the Unio Esportiva Santa Coloma with a score (2: 3), and he himself became the author of one of the goals [8] . In the summer of 2013 he moved to Lusitans. As part of the team, he participated in two games of the first qualifying round of the Champions League against the Faroese EB / Streymour . By the sum of two meetings, the Andorrans lost with the score (3: 7) [5] .
Since 2014, Riera stands for Andorra. In the 2014/15 season, he scored 13 goals in 26 games in the Catalan Segund, becoming the team's second scorer [9] , losing just two goals to Argentine Dario Iserna [10] . Following the results of the tournament, Andorra entered the Example of Catalonia [11] . In January 2016, at one of the training sessions, Riera had a conflict with physical training coach Jordi Benet , after which Riera was suspended from training due to unruly behavior [12] . In the 2015/16 season, he spent 13 games, scoring 8 goals [13] .
In the winter of 2016 he returned to the Lusitans. In the 2015/16 season, the team took second place, Riera took part in 6 games and scored 1 goal [14] .
Achievements
- São Julia
- Champion of Andorra (1): 2008/09
- Lusitans
- Silver medalist of the Andorran Championship (1): 2015/16
- Andorran Cup Finalist (1): 2013
Notes
- ↑ Domestic Competitions (3 Titles) (link not available) / footballzz.com
- ↑ Season review: Andorra
- ↑ Nikita Kamyshev. FC San Julia barely made it into the second qualifying round of the Champions League (inaccessible link) . Soviet sport (07.07.2009). Date of treatment September 25, 2015. Archived September 26, 2015.
- ↑ Great progress in a small country . UEFA Date of appeal September 25, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Profile on worldfootball.net (English)
- ↑ Riera fitxa per l'Ayia Napa, ascendit a la Primera xipriota / elperiodic.ad
- ↑ Soccerway Profile
- ↑ UE Santa Coloma win Andorran Cup / uefa.com
- ↑ Player profile for 2014/15 season (link not available) / ffcatalunya.novanet.es
- ↑ List of scorers of the Segunda of Catalonia 2014/15 (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Andorra returns to Example / weakteams.ws
- ↑ Riera: Cas tancat / elperiodic.ad
- ↑ Profile for the 2015/16 season Archived February 2, 2017 at Wayback Machine / fcf.cat
- ↑ Profile for the 2015/16 season
Links
- Profile at TheFinalBall.com
- Player Profile (Eng.) On ForaDeJogo
- Player profile on Transfermarkt