David Witteveen

David Witteveen (born 5 May 1985 in Varese, Italy)[1] is an Austrian footballer. He plays as a striker and is currently playing for SC Ritzing.

David Witteveen
Personal information
Full name David Witteveen
Date of birth (1985-05-05) 5 May 1985
Place of birth Varese, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 SC Ritzing
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 0 (0)
2011–2012 FC Lustenau 21 (7)
2012–2013 SV Grödig 31 (17)
2013–2014 Wiener Neustadt 22 (2)
2014–2015 Kapfenberger SV 24 (10)
2015– Ritzing 45 (23)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2018

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 only 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 Queen of the South. He continued with goals against Dundee and Ross County.[5]

On 27 August 2010, Witteveen joined another First Division side, Dundee, on a three-month loan deal.[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 24 June 2011, Witteveen joined Austrian second division side FC Lustenau,[11] he played there for a season before joining SV Grödig. After a series of good performances with SV Grödig, he was offered a contract from Austrian Bundesliga side SC Wiener Neustadt, and agreed to a two-year deal in June 2013.

After just one season he was released and moved to Kapfenberger SV.[12] Despite scoring 10 goals in 24 league games for Kapfenberger, he was released and signed for Ritzing.[13]

References
  1. "Player Profile – David Witteveen". Hearts F.C. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  2. "Witteveen completes Hearts move". BBC Sport. 16 July 2009.
  3. "Hearts 1–2 Rangers". BBC Sport. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  4. "Hearts striker David Witteveen heads for Morton on loan". BBC Sport. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  5. "Morton v QoS match report". Queen of the South F.C. 3 April 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  6. "Dark Blues add striker". Dundee F.C. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  7. Anderson, Barry (5 January 2011). "Witteveen mulls Hearts exit strategy". The Scotsman. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  8. "Division One: Falkirk v Stirling Albion preview". Daily Record. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  9. "Division One: Falkirk v Stirling Albion". Scottish Football League. 2 January 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  10. "Zwei neue Stürmer" (in German). SV Horn. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  11. "Arnautovic gains undesired fame in UK". Austrian Independent. 27 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  12. "Austria - D. Witteveen". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  13. "Ritzing 4:2 (2:1) Neudörfl". fussballoesterreich.at (in German). 9 June 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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