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David Witteveen Personal information Full name David Witteveen Date of birth 5 May 1985 Place of birth Varese, Italy Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club FC Lustenau Youth career 1991–1995 ATSV Mattighofen 1995–2003 SV Spittal 2003 → SV Lendorf (loan) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003–2006 SV Spittal 62 (16) 2006–2009 Red Bull Salzburg II 25 (7) 2008–2009 → WAC St. Andrä (loan) 28 (14) 2009–2010 Heart of Midlothian 10 (1) 2010 → Greenock Morton (loan) 9 (5) 2010 → Dundee (loan) 5 (1) 2011 Stirling Albion (trialist) 2 (1) 2011 SV Horn 2011- FC Lustenau 16 (8) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 October 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).David Witteveen (born 5 May 1985 in Varese, Italy)[1] is an Austrian professional footballer. He plays as a striker for FC Lustenau.
Career
Witteveen had spells at Austrian sides Red Bull Salzburg and WAC St. Andrä. He played for Salzburg's second string in the Austrian Erste Liga and for St. Andrä in the Regionalliga Mitte.
Witteveen signed for Scottish Premier League side Hearts in July 2009.[2] During the week leading up to his signing, the player had participated in friendly matches during their pre-season tour of Germany.[2] He scored his first goal for Hearts in a 2–1 defeat to Rangers, their first home game of the 2009–10 season.[3]
Witteveen did not make any first team appearances for Hearts after Jim Jefferies returned as manager in January 2010.[4] He was loaned to First Division side Greenock Morton in March 2010.[4] On 3 April 2010 he scored a hat trick for Morton in a 3–3 draw against Dumfries club Queen of the South. He continued with goals against Dundee and Ross County.[5]
On 27 August 2010, Witteveen joined First Division side Dundee on a three month loan deal from Hearts.[6]
After completing his loan at Dundee, he began negotiating his exit from Tynecastle and was in discussions with Major League Soccer officials about a potential move to the United States.[7]
After Stirling Albion were hit by an illness crisis, he agreed to play for them as one of their two permitted trialists on 2 January 2011 in a league match against Falkirk.[8] He scored for Stirling in this game.[9]
In January 2011, Witteveen returned home to sign for Austrian Regional League East side SV Horn.[10]
On June 24 2011, Witteveen decided to join Austrian second-league side FC Lustenau[11]
References
- ^ "Player Profile". heartsfc.co.uk. http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/articles/david-witteveen-hearts_2241487_48438. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Witteveen completes Hearts move". BBC Sport. 16 July 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/8155073.stm.
- ^ "Hearts 1–2 Rangers". BBC Sport. 23 August 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8210740.stm. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Hearts striker David Witteveen heads for Morton on loan". BBC Sport. 27 March 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/morton/8590693.stm. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ "Morton v QoS match report". Queen of the South FC. 3 April 2010. http://qosfc.com/HeadlineNews/ViewFullStory/tabid/151/selectmoduleid/498/ArticleID/1149/reftab/36/Default.aspx. Retrieved 3 April 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Dark Blues add striker". Dundee FC. http://www.thedees.co.uk/news_detail.asp?newsid=1154. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ Anderson, Barry (5 January 2011). "Witteveen mulls Hearts exit strategy". The Scotsman. http://sport.scotsman.com/heartofmidlothianfc/Witteveen-mulls-Hearts-exit-strategy.6680104.jp. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Division One: Falkirk v Stirling Albion preview". Daily Record. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/sfl/2011/01/02/division-one-falkirk-v-stirling-albion-preview-86908-22821828/. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ "Division One: Falkirk v Stirling Albion". Scottish Football League. 2 January 2011. http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/football/first/live-scores/3283984/. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ "Zwei neue Stürmer" (in German). SV Horn. 4 January 2011. http://www.svhorn.at/?news_id=638. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ http://www.austrianindependent.com/news/Sports/2011-06-17/8007/Arnautovic_gains_undesired_fame_in_UK
External links
- TransferMarkt.de profile (German)
- David Witteveen career stats at Soccerbase
- David Witteveen career stats at Soccerbase (First match for Stirling as trialist)
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Varese
- Association football forwards
- Austrian footballers
- FC Red Bull Salzburg players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Dundee F.C. players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Scottish Football League players
- Austrian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Austrian people of Dutch descent
- Stirling Albion F.C. players
- FC Lustenau players
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