David Witteveen (born 5 May 1985 in

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

, Italy) is an

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. He plays as a striker and is currently playing for SV Lackenbach.

Career

Witteveen had spells at

n 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 The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football' ...

side Hearts in July 2009. During the week leading up to his signing, the player had participated in

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

es during their pre-season tour of Germany. He scored his only goal for Hearts in a 2–1 defeat to Rangers, their first home game of the 2009–10 season. Witteveen did not make any first team appearances for Hearts after Jim Jefferies returned as

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in January 2010. He was loaned to First Division side

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Green ...

in March 2010. 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

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and Ross County. On 27 August 2010, Witteveen joined another First Division side, Dundee, on a three-month loan deal. After completing his loan at Dundee, he began negotiating his exit from Tynecastle and was in discussions with

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officials about a potential move to the United States. After

Stirling Albion Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...

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. He scored for Stirling in this game. In January 2011, Witteveen returned home to sign for

Austrian Regional League East The Austrian Regional League East (german: Regionalliga Ost) is a third-tier division of Austrian football re-introduced in the 1984–85 season. It covers the Austrian states of Burgenland, Lower Austria and Vienna and is one of three leagues ...

side SV Horn. On 24 June 2011, Witteveen joined Austrian second division side

FC Lustenau FC Lustenau 07 is a football club based in Lustenau, Vorarlberg. They currently compete in the Vorarlbergliga The Vorarlbergliga is the highest football league of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It's the fourth highest football league in A ...

, 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

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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 Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg. They won the 2007–08 Austrian Football First League and advanced to the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as ''Kapfenberger SC''. The club was renamed ...

. Despite scoring 10 goals in 24 league games for Kapfenberger, he was released and signed for Ritzing. In January 2022, he moved to SV Lackenbach.Lackenbach zündete den Transferknaller
bvz.at, 28 January 2022

References

External links

* * (First match for Stirling as trialist)
David Witteveen
player profile at ÖFB
David Witteveen
manager profile at ÖFB {{DEFAULTSORT:Witteveen, David 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Varese Men's association football forwards Austrian footballers FC Red Bull Salzburg players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players FC Lustenau 07 players 1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008) players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players Austrian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Scotland Austrian people of Dutch descent SV Grödig players Kapfenberger SV players Footballers from Lombardy