David Witteveen
| David Witteveen | ||
 David Witteveen (2016)
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | May 5th 1985 | |
| place of birth | Varese , Italy | |
| size | 190 cm | |
| position | attack | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1991-1995 | ATSV Mattighofen | |
| 1995-2003 | SV Spittal / Drau | |
| 2003 | → SV Lendorf (loan) | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2003-2006 | SV Spittal | |
| 2006-2008 | Red Bull Juniors | 39 (18) |
| 2007 | FC Red Bull Salzburg | 0 (0) |
| 2008-2009 | WAC / SK St. Andrä | 28 (14) |
| 2009-2011 | Heart of Midlothian | 10 (1) |
| 2010 | → Greenock Morton (loan) | 9 (5) |
| 2010 | → Dundee FC (loan) | 5 (1) |
| 2011 | Stirling Albion | 2 (1) |
| 2011–2012 | FC Lustenau | 21 (7) |
| 2012-2013 | SV Grödig | 31 (17) |
| 2013-2014 | SC Wiener Neustadt | 23 (2) |
| 2014-2015 | Kapfenberger SV | 24 (10) |
| 2015– | SC Ritzing | 45 (23) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of May 26, 2017 |
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David Witteveen (born May 5, 1985 in Varese , Italy ) is an Austrian football player on the position of a center forward .
Career
Youth and amateur football
Witteveen began his active career as a football player in 1991 with ATSV Mattighofen in the city of Mattighofen in Upper Austria's Innviertel . After a few years in the youth teams, he moved to SV Spittal / Drau in 1995 , where he was first active in the club's youth teams and later played a few games in the club's amateur team in the third-class regional league center . He remained loyal to the club until 2006 and then began his career as a professional football player.
The only exception was the 2002/03 season, when Witteveen was awarded to SV Lendorf in the Spittal an der Drau district in Carinthia, his mother's home country .
Club career
In 2006 he moved to the federal state of Salzburg , where he made his first professional appearances in the second-class first division with the second team of FC Red Bull Salzburg , the Red Bull Juniors . He made his professional debut on July 31, 2007 in the 2-1 away win over FC Gratkorn , where he was on the pitch for the entire duration of the game and gave both assists for his team. Overall, the 2007/08 season went really well for the center forward, with seven hits and three assists in 25 league appearances. It was also suspended for three games throughout the season; the first time because of a yellow card suspension in December 2007. The second time he was suspended because of a red card in March 2008 for two championship games. In an interview during the winter break of the 2007/08 season, Witteveen said that he would have to leave Salzburg if he wanted to advance in football.
In the summer break before the 2008/09 season he moved to the cooperation club Wolfsberger AC and SK St. Andrä (WAC / St. Andrä for short) in the Middle Regional League. At the Carinthian club, he was one of the regular players that season, playing in 28 of 30 league games and playing the full length of the game in 27 games. At the end of the season, he shared second place in the regional league center's top scorers with Harald Feichter and Patrick Hierzer . All of them had to admit defeat to the German Robert Lenz , who was the top scorer with 20 goals, almost unreachable, as in the 2006/07 season .
After a one-week trial training session with the Scottish soccer club Heart of Midlothian in Germany, Witteveen, whose greatest dream has always been to be a professional soccer player abroad, signed a two-year contract with the Scottish table third on July 16, 2009. The coach of the Scots, the Hungarian Csaba László , was quite taken with the young Austrian striker.
“He's strong, has a good body and a good shot. But he also has to learn something. "
Witteveen made his debut in the Scottish top division on August 17, 2009 in the first round of the 2009/10 season in the 2-0 away defeat by Dundee United . He played until the 55th minute and was then replaced by Ian Black , a midfielder. He scored his first goal for the Scottish club in his second league appearance, in which he was on the pitch from the start. In the game against Glasgow Rangers , he scored the 1-0 opening goal in the 31st minute when the Rangers were on the field with 10 players after Kevin Thomson was sent off in the 13th minute. In the end, the Scottish record champions won 2-1.
During his time in Scotland , Witteveen also played on loan at Greenock Morton and Dundee FC and at Stirling Albion , where he was signed. In 2011 he returned to Austria and played for FC Lustenau 07 at short notice . In 2012 he moved to SV Grödig within the league, where he was able to become champion in the second highest Austrian division at the end of the 2012/13 season and was thus promoted to the Bundesliga, with the striker having a significant share in this with 17 goals. After the rise he left Grödig and moved to future league rivals SC Wiener Neustadt . In 2014 he moved to the second division Kapfenberger SV . In the summer of 2015 he moved to the amateur club SC Ritzing .
Private
David Witteveen was born to a Dutch and a Carinthian son. His father Jan himself was president of his son's youth club, SV Spittal an der Drau, for several years. At the same time he was the longtime race director of the Italian motorcycle manufacturer Aprilia .
Furthermore, David Witteveen and the ski jumper Thomas Morgenstern attended the same class at the BORG Spittal / Drau.
successes
- 1 × Champion First League : 2013
- 1 × Champion Regionalliga West : 2007
- 1 × ÖFB Cup semi-finalist: 2007
- 1 × top scorer Regionalliga Ost : 2017
Web links
- David Witteveen in the database of transfermarkt.de
- David Witteveen in the database of weltfussball.de
- Player profile on fussballoesterreich.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with David Witteveen ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 27, 2009
- ↑ Witteveen switched to Heart of Midlothian ( memento July 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 27, 2009
- ↑ Report on the move to Scotland on the BBC homepage , Kleine Zeitung of July 17, 2009
- ^ Wiener Neustadt gets Witteveen , accessed on June 18, 2013
- ↑ Ritzing signs goalgetter Witteveen bvz.at, on June 19, 2015, accessed on March 11, 2016
- ↑ Profile page on lycos.de with some private photos , accessed on August 19, 2009
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Witteveen, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5th 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Varese , Italy |