Dereck Kutesa
Dereck Kutesa (born 6 December 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Stade de Reims in the Ligue 1.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dereck Germano Kutesa | ||
Date of birth | 6 December 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Geneva, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Reims | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2013 | Servette | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Servette | 19 | (0) |
2016–2018 | FC Basel | 4 | (0) |
2016 | → Servette (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → FC Luzern (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2018–2019 | St. Gallen | 39 | (4) |
2019– | Reims | 10 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2012 | Switzerland U-15 | 3 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Switzerland U-16 | 6 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Switzerland U-17 | 12 | (0) |
2014 | Switzerland U-18 | 1 | (0) |
2015 | Switzerland U-19 | 5 | (0) |
2016– | Switzerland U-20 | 9 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:38, 20 September 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 February 2018 |
Club career
Kutesa made his professional debut in the Swiss Super League for FC Basel on 5 March 2017 in a game against FC Vaduz.[1] Under trainer Urs Fischer Kutesa won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[2] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.[3]
On 14 September 2017, Basel announced that they were loaning out Kutesa to FC Luzern, until the end of the 2017–18 Swiss Super League season, so that he could gain first team playing experience.[4]
International career
Kutesa is of Angolan descent.[5][6] He participated in the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship with the Switzerland national under-17 football team.
References
- "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 5 March 2017.
- Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
- "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.
- FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Dereck Kutesa wechselt leihweise zum FC Luzern". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- "FCSG-Spieler Dereck Kutesa: "Basel bleibt Basel, das kann mir niemand nehmen"" (in German).
- "Interview Dereck KUTESA" (in French).