# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nelson-veiga
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:33:14.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nelson-veiga"
name: "Nélson Veiga"
slug: "nelson-veiga"
description: "Nélson César Tavares Rodrigues da Veiga is a Cape Verdean former footballer. He could play as either a right back or a central defender."
tagline: "Portuguese footballer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Portugal"
  isoCode: "PT"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1978-02-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.26
  momentum:             25
  historical:           4.245957333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q972215"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9lson_Veiga"
    title: "Nélson Veiga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%BA%D8%A7"
    title: "نيلسون فيغا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "نيلسون فيجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9lson_Veiga"
    title: "Nélson Veiga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views