Paul McVeigh
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| Paul McVeigh | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul McVeigh | |
| Date of birth | December 6, 1977 (age 29) | |
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| Nickname | Squiz, Macca and WLY | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Burnley (on loan from Norwich City) |
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| Number | 21 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996-2000 2000- 2007- |
Tottenham Hotspur Norwich City → Burnley (loan) |
3 (1) 215 (36) 0 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002- | Northern Ireland | 14 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Paul McVeigh (born December 6, 1977 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a professional footballer who is currently on loan to Burnley from his club Norwich City.
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 9 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 swapped to left midfield. The following season he scored just 5 goals, but helped Norwich win promotion to the Premiership. During the 2004-05 season in the Premiership McVeigh made few first team appearances, although he did get on the scoresheet at Old Trafford.
McVeigh was Player of the Month for December & January during the 2005-06 season, and was voted by the supporters in third place in the player of the Season. At the start of that season McVeigh had been placed on the transfer list by manager Nigel Worthington. However, a run of injuries in the squad forced him to restore McVeigh to the side. He began the 2006-07 season on the substitute's bench, though an injury to Darren Huckerby briefly gave him an opportunity to play in the starting XI. He was sent off in Norwich's 1-0 win against Cardiff City at Carrow Road on 21 October 2006 following an altercation with Kerrea Gilbert in injury time and subsequently appears to have fallen out of favour with Norwich manager Peter Grant.
He was capped by Northern Ireland 14 times, but effectively retired from international football ("I'm putting my Northern Ireland career on hold") in order to concentrate on reviving his club career.
On 22nd March 2007, McVeigh signed on loan with Norwich's Championship rivals Burnley until the end of the current season. However, he will be ineligable for the league meeting between the two sides.
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| Burnley F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Coyne | 2 Thomas | 3 Harley | 4 McGreal | 5 Coughlan | 6 Duff | 7 J. O'Connor | 8 Mahon | 9 Jones | 10 Gray | 11 Elliott | 12 Jensen | 14 G. O'Connor | 15 Branch | 16 McCann | 17 Lafferty | 18 Djemba-Djemba | 19 Spicer | 20 Akinbiyi | 21 McVeigh | 22 Foster | 24 Caldwell | 25 Guðjónsson | Manager: Cotterill |
Height 5 foot 6 inches
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