- Marcel Witeczek
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Marcel Witeczek Personal information Date of birth October 18, 1968 Place of birth Tychy, Poland Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Midfielder Youth career 1980–1981 Oberhausen Rheinland 1981–1985 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1985–1986 Bayer Uerdingen Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1986–1991 Bayer Uerdingen 142 (22) 1991–1993 1. FC Kaiserslautern 68 (15) 1993–1997 Bayern Munich 97 (9) 1997–2003 Borussia M'gladbach 167 (13) 2003–2005 SG Wattenscheid 09 29 (3) 2006–2007 FC Albstadt 17 (0) National team 1984–1985 West Germany U16 9 (7) 1985 West Germany U17 6 (8) 1986 West Germany U19 1 (0) 1987 West Germany U20 8 (7) 1988–1990 West Germany U21 9 (4) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Marcel Witeczek (born 18 October 1968) is a retired German footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.
Over the course of 15 seasons, he played in 410 Bundesliga games (50 goals; 474/59 counting both major levels of German football), representing four different teams, including league powerhouse Bayern Munich, with whom he won his only titles.
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Football career
Born in Tychy, Silesia, Poland, Witeczek moved to Germany as an infant. He was a successful youth player in his country of adoption, earning runners-up medals at both the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship and the 1987 World Youth Championship, winning the Golden Shoe at the latter tournament, with seven goals in as many games.
At club level, Witeczek began his career with Bayer Uerdingen, making his first division debut on August 8, 1987, not yet 19, in a 2–0 win at FC Homburg. He moved on to 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 1991 and FC Bayern Munich two years later. With the Bavarians, he enjoyed his most successful period, appearing in 124 official matches over the course of four seasons, winning two league accolades and the 1995–96 UEFA Cup, to whose conquest he contributed with two goals, all against FC Barcelona in the semifinals (one in each leg, in a 4–3 aggregate qualification).
Aged almost 29, Witeczek signed for Borussia Mönchengladbach, suffering relegation in his second season but achieveing promotion in his fourth, always as an important first-team member - never appeared in less than 30 league contests in that timeframe; after two slower years, he left for regional league side SG Wattenscheid 09, where he remained two further seasons.
After one year out of football, 37-year Witeczek joined Landesliga (level 5) club FC Albstadt 07, retiring for good at the season's end.
Honours
Team
- German League: 1993–94, 1996–97
- UEFA Cup: 1995–96
Country
- FIFA U-17 World Cup: Runner-up 1985
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 1987
Individual
External links
- Career stats at Fussballdaten (German)
- Marcel Witeczek – FIFA competition record
Awards 1977:
Guina (BRA) • 1979:
Ramón Díaz (ARG) • 1981:
Mark Koussas (AUS) • 1983:
Geovani (BRA) • 1985:
Sebastián Losada (ESP) • 1987:
Marcel Witeczek (FRG) • 1989:
Oleg Salenko (URS) • 1991:
Serhiy Scherbakov (URS) • 1993:
Henry Zambrano (COL) • 1995:
Joseba Etxeberria (ESP) • 1997:
Adaílton (BRA) • 1999:
Pablo Couñago (ESP) • 2001:
Javier Saviola (ARG) • 2003:
Eddie Johnson (USA) • 2005:
Lionel Messi (ARG) • 2007:
Sergio Agüero (ARG) • 2009:
Dominic Adiyiah (GHA) 2011:
Henrique (BRA)
Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Tychy
- German people from the Polish part of Silesia
- German people of Silesian descent
- German people of Polish descent
- German footballers
- Association football forwards
- Association football midfielders
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- KFC Uerdingen players
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern players
- FC Bayern Munich players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- SG Wattenscheid 09 players
- Germany under-21 international footballers
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