Vieira arrives at HSV: "I'm feeling more and more confident" | OneFootball

Fabio Vieira seems to have finally arrived at HSV. More and more often, he is becoming the difference-maker everyone hoped for.

In the 2-0 victory in Heidenheim, the Portuguese player set up the first goal with a space-opening pass to Philip Otele and provided a textbook assist for the second. It was further proof that the 25-year-old is increasingly living up to his important role in Hamburg’s attacking play.

“I’m a player who likes to have the ball, to create something, who likes to drop back to build up the play,” Vieira himself describes his profile in an interview with Bild. He knows his “greatest strengths” and feels “the responsibility to put them into action.” Lately, he’s been succeeding at that more and more. So far, he has two goals and four assists in the Bundesliga, and he has started in six of the last seven matches.

“I feel more and more confident and productive and can offer more to the team,” says the midfielder, who is on loan from FC Arsenal. But he’s not completely satisfied: “I can be even better. I’m not satisfied with my numbers yet.”

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HSV teammates call Vieira a “magician”

Fitting for his enormous talent, the word “magician” hangs on his locker in the dressing room. His teammates gave him this nickname. Vieira waves it off: “I don’t really see myself as a magician. But it’s nice that my teammates like and appreciate the way I play.” However, he sees his exceptional feel for the ball more as a gift: “I believe you either have technique or you don’t. I’m lucky to have been born with this technique.”

The Bundesliga suits him well. “I really like this league and it has surprised me very positively,” says Vieira. The many transition moments and larger spaces “can help me to create something.” He also feels comfortable in the Hanseatic city, even if the current cold is “hard to bear.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.