Paul McVeigh
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Paul McVeigh
Personal information
Full name Paul McVeigh
Date of birth December 6, 1977 (1977-12-06) (age 29)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Unattached
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996-2000
2000-2007
2007 Tottenham Hotspur
Norwich City
¨ Burnley (loan) 3 (1)
215 (36)
8 (3)
National team2
1999-2004 Northern Ireland 20 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 9/5/2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 14/10/2006.
* Appearances (Goals)
Paul McVeigh (born December 6, 1977 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a professional footballer who is currently unattached after being released by 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.
Between 1999 and 2004 he was capped by Northern Ireland 20 times, first by Lawrie McMenemy in the 1-1 home draw with Canada on April 27, 1999 whilst a youngster at Tottenham, then on 11 occasions by Sammy McIlroy after McVeigh moved to Norwich and finally on eight more occasions by Lawrie Sanchez. McVeigh effectively retired from international football ("I'm putting my Northern Ireland career on hold") in order to concentrate on reviving his club career. In his international career, McVeigh only made 6 starts, as these three different managers switched opportunities to other, perhap less naturally-talented, players. By the time he opted out of international football, it seemed that opportunities would in any case be limited and with Northern Ireland's later success (still managed by Sanchez, under whom McVeigh said he would not play again) there seems little chance that McVeigh revive his international career.
On 22nd March 2007, McVeigh signed on loan with Norwich's Championship rivals Burnley until the end of the 2006-07 season where his three goals helped to seal championship survival. At the end of that 2006-07 season, Norwich manager Peter Grant announced that Mcveigh's contract with the club would not be renewed. As at July 2007, Mcveigh has not yet signed for another club.
Just cos he had a hell of a game against Sheff U,no need to be jealous Mort
