Felitciano Zschusschen

Felitciano Cederick Zschusschen (born 24 January 1992) is a Curaçao international footballer who plays as a striker for VVSB in the Dutch Derde Divisie.[3]

Felitciano Zschusschen

Personal information
Full name	Felitciano Cederick Zschusschen[1]
Date of birth	24 January 1992[2]
Place of birth	Breda, Netherlands
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	VVSB
Youth career
	Baronie
	NAC Breda
	Twente
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Twente	7	(0)
2013–2016	Jong Twente	36	(17)
2014	→ Dordrecht (loan)	7	(0)
2015	→ NAC Breda (loan)	9	(0)
2015–2016	→ FC Oss (loan)	32	(12)
2017	1. FC Saarbrücken	6	(0)
2017–2018	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2	(0)
2018	IJsselmeervogels	0	(0)
2018	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	0	(0)
2018–2019	IJsselmeervogels	27	(6)
2019–	VVSB	20	(13)
National team^‡
2015–	Curaçao	14	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 September 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 February 2019

Career

On 10 March 2013, Zschusschen made his professional debut in the match of FC Twente against Vitesse. On 21 January 2014, he was sent on loan at FC Dordrecht until the end of the season. The first half of the 2014–15 season he played for Jong FC Twente in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. He made a second loan spell at Eredivisie side NAC Breda in February 2015.[4] He signed for Scottish club Inverness Caledonian Thistle in July 2017.[5] However Felitciano left the club in the January transfer window after being a benchwarmer for a majority of the season due to multiple injuries restricting his gametime.

He returned to the Netherlands to play for IJsselmeervogels in 2018. However, only one month after arriving, he moved to Moroccan side Chabab Rif Al Hoceima in August 2018, where former AZ striker Mounir El Hamdaoui worked as director of football.[6] He then returned to IJsselmeervogels in September after failing to obtain a playing license in Morocco.[7] After one season, he joined Dutch fourth-tier club, VVSB.[8][9]

International career

Zschusschen made his debut for the Curaçaoan national football team in a qualification match for the 2018 World Cup against Montserrat on 28 March 2015. He also got his first goal for the national team by scoring from a penalty.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 October 2018

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Twente	2012–13[11]	Eredivisie	6	0	0	0	–		–		6	0
	2014–15[11]		1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
	FC Twente total		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Jong FC Twente	2013–14[11]	Eerste Divisie	19	10	0	0	–		–		19	10
	2014–15[11]		17	7	0	0	–		–		17	7
	Jong FC Twente total		36	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	17
FC Dordrecht (loan)	2013–14[11]	Eerste Divisie	7	0	0	0	–		–		7	0
NAC Breda	2014–15[11]	Eredivisie	9	0	0	0	–		3[lower-alpha 1]	0	12	0
FC Oss	2015–16[11]	Eerste Divisie	0	0	1	0	–		–		1	0
1. FC Saarbrücken	2016–17[11]	Regionalliga Südwest	6	0	0	0	–		–		6	0
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2017–18[12]	Scottish Championship	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
IJsselmeervogels	2018–19	Tweede Divisie	4	1	0	0	–		–		4	1
Career total			71	18	1	0	3	0	3	0	78	11

1. Appearances in the Promotion/Relegation play-offs

International

As of match played 7 June 2016. Curaçao score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zschusschen goal.[13]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 March 2015	Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao	1	Montserrat	2–1	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	26 March 2016	Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao	6	Dominican Republic	2–1	2–1	2017 Caribbean Cup qualification
3	1 June 2016	Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao	7	Guyana	2–0	5–2	2017 Caribbean Cup qualification
4					3–0
5					4–1
6	7 June 2016	Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao	8	U.S. Virgin Islands	2–0	7–0	2017 Caribbean Cup qualification
7					6–0
8	11 October 2016	Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico	10	Puerto Rico	3–2	4–2	2017 Caribbean Cup qualification
9	22 March 2017	Stadion dr. Antoine Maduro, Willemstad, Curaçao	11	El Salvador	1–0	1–1	Friendly

Honours

Club

1. FC Saarbrücken[14]

• Saarland Cup: 2016–17

International

Curaçao[14]

• Caribbean Cup: 2017

Individual

• 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification Top Scorer (joint)[14]

References

1. "Elroy Room en Joel Saro geselecteerd door bondscoach Patrick Kluivert voor Curaçao" (in Dutch). Het voetbalportaal van Gelderland. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
2. http://static.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=387972/index.html
3. Felitciano Zschusschen at WorldFootball.net
4. Zschusschen volgende aanwinst voor NAC Breda (Dutch). Voetbal International. 2 February 2015.
5. Chalk, Paul (20 July 2017). "Spot-on Ridgers does it again for Inverness CT boss Robertson". Strathspey Herald. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
6. "IJsselmeervogels verkoopt Zschüsschen aan Marokkaans Al Hoceima". voetbal247.nl. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
7. Radstaat, Edwin (5 September 2018). "Zschüsschen keert terug naar IJsselmeervogels na kort avontuur in Marokko". voetbal247.nl. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
8. "Zschusschen verlaat IJsselmeervogels voor VVSB". tweenul.nl. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
9. "Felitciano Zschusschen laat IJsselmeervogels achter zich". Tweede Divisie. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
10. Bredanaar Zschusschen schenkt Curaçao WK-kwalificatiezege (Dutch). BN De Stem. 28 March 2015.
11. Felitciano Zschusschen at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
12. "Games played by Felitciano Zschusschen in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
13. Felitciano Zschusschen at Soccerway
14. "Felitciano Zschusschen – Career Honours". Soccerway.