Cedric Itten
Cedric Itten (born 27 December 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Rangers in the Scottish Premiership and for the Switzerland national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cedric Jan Itten | ||
| Date of birth | 27 December 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Basel, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rangers | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2004 | FC Black Stars Basel | ||
| 2004–2007 | BSC Old Boys | ||
| 2007–2015 | Basel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Basel U-21 | 32 | (1) |
| 2015–2018 | Basel | 21 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | → FC Luzern (loan) | 33 | (3) |
| 2018 | → St. Gallen (loan) | 16 | (5) |
| 2018–2020 | St. Gallen | 42 | (23) |
| 2020– | Rangers | 19 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Switzerland U-18 | 6 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | Switzerland U-19 | 6 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Switzerland U-20 | 7 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | Switzerland U-21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2019– | Switzerland | 4 | (3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:14, 27 January 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2020 | |||
Club career
Early career
Itten started his youth football with FC Black Stars Basel in 2003, and then moved to BSC Old Boys a year later. In February 2007 he transferred to Basel and played in their U-18 team and their U-21 team. Itten was a part of FC Basel's 2013–14 UEFA Youth League campaign. He signed a three-year professional contract on 21 August 2015 and joined their first team.[1]
Itten made his league debut for Basel on 21 February 2016 during the 5–1 home win against Vaduz.[2] He scored his first league goal for Basel on 21 February during the 4–1 away win against Lugano.[3] Under trainer Urs Fischer Itten won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season. For the club it was the seventh title in a row and their 19th championship title in total.[4]
On 18 June 2016, Basel announced that they were loaning out Itten to FC Luzern, until the end of the 2016–17 Swiss Super League season, so that he could gain first team playing experience.[5] Again on 23 June 2017 Basel announced that they were prolonging their contract with Itten until 30 June 2020 and were continuing the loan to Luzern for another year, until the end of the 2017–18 season.[6]
Due to Basel's bad start to the season, on 13 September 2017 Basel announced that they had recalled striker Itten back from the loan.[7] His first goal following his return was the winning goal for the team in the Stadio Comunale (Chiasso) during the 2017–18 Swiss Cup match in the against FC Chiasso.[8]
Rangers
On 4 August 2020, Itten signed for Scottish club Rangers, on a four-year deal and for an undisclosed fee.[9] On 9 August 2020, Itten made his debut for Rangers in a Scottish Premiership match against St Mirren.[10]
On 27 September 2020, Itten scored his first two goals for Rangers, coming off the bench to score Rangers' fourth and fifth goals in a 5–1 win against Motherwell at Fir Park.[11]
International career
On 15 November 2019, Itten made his debut in the Switzerland national team, coming as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Georgia and scoring the only goal of the match.[12] Three days later, he scored twice in a 6–1 win over Gibraltar.[13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 23 January 2021[14]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Basel | 2015–16 | Swiss Super League | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | Swiss Super League | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 19 | 3 | |||
| Total | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
| FC Luzern (loan) | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18 | Swiss Super League | 5 | 0 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
| St. Gallen (loan) | 2017–18 | Swiss Super League | 16 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 5 | ||||
| St. Gallen | 2018–19 | Swiss Super League | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 10 | 6 | ||
| 2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 34 | 19 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 19 | ||||
| Total | 58 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 30 | ||
| Rangers | 2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| Career total | 130 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 42 | ||
- Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
International goals
- Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.[15]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 November 2019 | Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland |  Georgia | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 2. | 18 November 2019 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar |  Gibraltar | 1–0 | 6–1 | |
| 3. | 5–1 |
References
- FC Basel 1893 (2015). "Nachwuchs-Profivertrag für-U21-Spieler Cedric Itten". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- Marti, Caspar (2016). "Der FCB dreht das Spiel and gewinnt gegen Vaduz 5:1". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- Caspar, Marti (2016). "Trotz vielen umstellungen ohne Probleme gewonnen". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Itten leihweise zum FC Luzern". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Der FCB verlängert den Vertrag mit Cedric Itten" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Cedric Itten zurueck zum FCB". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- Marti, Casper (2017). "Der FCB nach einem hart erkämpften 1:0 in der nächsten Runde". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- "Rangers sign Cedric Itten and Kemar Roofe on four-year deals". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 August 2020.
- "Rangers 3-0 St Mirren". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 August 2020.
- "Motherwell 1-5 Rangers". BBC. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- "Switzerland 1-0 Georgia". bbc.com. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- "Gibraltar 1-6 Switzerland". bbc.com. British Broadcasting Corporation. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- "Cédric Itten". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- "Cedric Itten". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
External links
- Cedric Itten at WorldFootball.net
- Profile at Swiss Football League