Victor Tadeusz Sikora (born 11 April 1978) is a Dutch retired professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Sikora began his career at the
Go Ahead Eagles
Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...
youth academy and worked his way into the first team, debuting as a 16-year-old. He quickly grew out to become a prolific scorer from midfield, prompting a move to
Vitesse in 1999 before being signed by Dutch giants
Ajax
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in 2002, where he appeared in the
UEFA Champions League
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group stage together with players such as
Zlatan Ibrahimović
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,
Rafael van der Vaart
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and
Wesley Sneijder
Wesley Sneijder (; born 9 June 1984) is a Dutch retired professional footballer. Due to his elite playmaking ability, Sneijder was considered one of the best midfielders in the world during his prime.
A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, he sta ...
. Following successive injuries and loans to
SC Heerenveen
Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands.
History
Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...
and
NAC Breda
NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...
, he signed a permanent deal with the latter in 2006. In the later stages of his career, Sikora had brief spells playing in the United States and Australia before announcing his retirement in 2012.
Sikora earned six
caps
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for the
Netherlands
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between 2001 and 2002.
Club career
Go Ahead Eagles
Born in
Deventer
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,
Overijssel
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, Sikora began his youth career with lower-tier club Roda Deventer, before moving to regional professional club
Go Ahead Eagles
Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...
as a youth. At that club, also based in Deventer, he played for various youth teams until the
1994–95 season, where he was promoted to the first team, who competed in the highest division in Dutch football, the
Eredivisie
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. In the same season, at age 16, Sikora made his professional debut when he came on as a substitute for
Gijs Steinmann
Gijsbertus "Gijs" Steinmann (born 2 April 1961) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Steinmann played club football for AZ, Den Bosch, Utrecht and Go Ahead Eagles in the Eredivisie. During his career he was ...
in the 69th minute of the 2–1 away defeat to
RKC Waalwijk
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on 15 February 1995. After a mixed season, in which Go Ahead Eagles only managed to finish in the penultimate spot in the league table, the team was able to secure another year in the highest tier by winning the relegation play-offs at the end of the season.
After avoiding relegation, Sikora was included more often in the first-team squad during the
1995–96 season and finished the season with 14 league appearances, in which he also scored his first professional league goal. As in the previous season, Go Ahead Eagles struggled, and with 22 points in 34 games the team finished in last place of the table thereby suffered relegation to the second-tier
Eerste Divisie
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. There, Sikora grew out to become a first-team regular, and by the end of the
1996–97 season, he had made 32 appearances, in which he scored eight goals. Apart from club topscorer
Erik Tammer
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(23 goals), he was the top goalscorer of his team. Although the Eagles took part in the promotion play-offs, the club did not manage promotion back to the Eredivisie due to a lower
goal differential
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.
The club suffered some setbacks in the
following season. After 34 games played, the team only achieved a mid-table finish and remained in the Eerste Divisie. Sikora appeared in 31 matches and alongside players such as Tammer (17 goals) and
Jan Michels
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(12 goals), he was one of the team's top goalscorers again with twelve goals. After another, for him personally, very strong
1998–99 season, in which he scored 13 goals in 29 league appearances games – but again failed to make promotion play-offs with the team, interest among Eredivisie clubs arose for Sikora, who was mostly utilised as a
striker
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. His biggest achievement during the season was reaching the round of 16 of the
1998–99 KNVB Cup
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T ...
, where the team was subsequently knocked out to
PEC Zwolle
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after a 2–5 loss. In the years before, Sikora and the team had mostly suffered elimination from the tournament from the current competition shortly after first knockout round.
Vitesse
Sikora, who in his final season with Go Ahead Eagles with his 13 goals ranked second on the team in goalscoring behind
Bram Marbus (14 goals), was signed by the Dutch
Eredivisie
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club
Vitesse. At the
Arnhem
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based club, Sikora quickly established himself in
midfield
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and his first season with the club he appeared in 28 league games in which he scored eight goals. Vitesse finished fourth in the league table thus qualified for the
UEFA Cup
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in his first season. In the
1999–2000 season, Sikora had already made his first European appearance, which he followed up in the following season by playing two matches in the
2000–01 UEFA Cup
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.
In the league, Sikora's 2000–01 season was similar to the previous season as he made 27 Eredivisie appearances, in which he scored nine goals. However, Vitesse missed out on European qualification on
goal differential
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, finishing sixth in the league. In the
KNVB Cup
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, the team also missed out during these seasons, being knocked out in the semi-finals in both the
1999–2000 and
2000–01 editions of the
KNVB Cup
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. In the
2001–02 season, in which he again finished in European spots with Vitesse, Sikora made three goals in 29 appearances.
Ajax
Despite a low goal average in his final season at
Vitesse, defending
Dutch champions Ajax
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expressed their interest in him and he finally joined the club on a
€
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4.5 million deal.
Besides Ajax, there was also interest from English club
Fulham
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.
In his first season at the club, he was unable to establish himself as a first-team regular, also and struggled with injuries.
He made 17 league appearances in which he scored twice as Ajax lifted the
2002 Johan Cruyff Shield
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Match
Det ...
that year, as they finished runners-up in the league and stranded in the semi-finals of the KNVB Cup against
Feyenoord
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. In addition, Sikora gained his first experience in the
UEFA Champions League
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, where he made four appearances, including in matches against
Lyon
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,
Inter Milan
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and
Roma
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, and made it to the quarter-finals of the competition, where, however, they were defeated by the eventual winners
Milan
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after a 2–3 loss on aggregate. In the Eredivisie, Ajax finished second in the league table, one point behind rivals
PSV, which meant that they qualified for the
third qualifying round
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for the
2003–04 Champions League.
After narrowly advancing from the third round, after a 2–3 win on aggregate over
Grazer AK
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, Ajax were knocked out in the subsequent group stage, finishing in last place of Group H. Sikora, who played in both qualifiers against Grazer AK and in two of Ajax' six group matches in the Champions League, emerged as a regular starter in midfield in the Eredivisie after the team were knocked out of European contention. Sikora, who was mostly used in defensive midfield, made a total of 27 league appearances and five goals and was thus instrumental in Ajax securing their
29th title in club history.
In his time at
Ajax
Ajax may refer to:
Greek mythology and tragedy
* Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
* Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
* ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Greek ...
, Sikora scored seven league goals, won two league titles (2002, 2004), a
Johan Cruyff Shield
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and
KNVB Cup
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titles in 2002. Sikora also participated in the
UEFA Champions League
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with
Ajax
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Greek mythology and tragedy
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* Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
* ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Greek ...
.
Loans to Heerenveen and NAC
Despite achieving successes with Ajax, the club's management decided that Sikora was to be loaned out in order for him to gain more regular playing time. His first loan was at
SC Heerenveen
Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands.
History
Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...
, who signed him to a one-year loan deal. For Heerenveen, he only made 19 appearances and one goal in the
2004–05 season. After finishing fifth in the league table and returning to Ajax, Sikora was sent on a season-long loan to
NAC Breda
NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...
. Both club and player struggled for form during the
2005–06 season, as he only made 13 league appearances, in which he remained goalless, as NAC finished 16th and only managed to avoid relegation following play-offs. Even though Sikora failed to establish himself as a regular starter during his loan at NAC, he was signed on a permanent deal following the season.
NAC Breda
Plagued by injuries, Sikora struggled to make the starting lineup following his permanent move to
NAC Breda
NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...
and only made nine Eredivisie appearances during the
2006–07 season, in which he scored one goal. In addition, the club fought a relegation battle, and once again the team had to avoid relegation through the play-offs. They were, however, successful there and remained a top-tier side. In the
following season, Sikora made 21 league appearances and scored two goals, but was still unable to match his performances of earlier years and decided to leave NAC as his contract expired.
FC Dallas
Soon after leaving NAC, Sikora moved to the
United States
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, where he signed a lucrative contract with
Major League Soccer
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(MLS) side
FC Dallas
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with a base salary of US$144,000 and a guaranteed severance pay of just over US$163,000. He was, however, injured after only two league games and out for several weeks after a
meniscus tear
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in his right knee. He made a return after one month, but failed to establish himself as first-team regular and towards the end of the season he appeared during three league games, in which he was unable to make the final whistle and had to be substituted early on. However, in the final game of the season, a 2–2 away draw against
LA Galaxy
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, Sikora scored an important goal after an assist provided by
Mexico international Duilio Davino
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Playing career
Davino was called up to play in the 1995 ...
.
Loan to Perth Glory
After a trial at his former club,
Go Ahead Eagles
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, Sikora joined Australian club
Perth Glory
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Founded in 19 ...
on loan during the winter break before the new season.
There he was supposed to replace Brazilian midfielder
Amaral, who was sidelined due to injury.
In his first season, Sikora was utilised in five league games, in which he scored no goals.
Perth Glory
After only two months on loan, Sikora signed a one-year permanent deal in February 2009 with
Perth Glory
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Founded in 19 ...
.
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Before that, he had already been in contact with his former club,
Go Ahead Eagles
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, where he also completed trials, but ultimately failed to secure a contract.
After his return to Australia, Sikora quickly became a regular on the club's professional team. He made 17
A-League
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appearances before December 2009 in which he scored four goals. After that, however, he suffered injury setbacks that prevented him from being used competitively for Perth Glory. A multitude of different injuries caused the setbacks, including strains and thigh injuries, but also hip problems that ruled the midfielder out for several weeks.
In addition, there were injuries to the knee, for which Sikora had already had surgery in June 2009.
After he had only made one appearance in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, Sikora announced his retirement from professional football in mid-2012.
International career
Sikora has earned six caps with the
Netherlands
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, with his first appearance coming in a February 2001 friendly against
Turkey
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, and the last in 2002 against the
United States
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.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Ajax
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Eredivisie
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:
2003–04
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Johan Cruyff Shield
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2002
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References
External links
Perth Glory profile
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1978 births
Living people
Footballers from Deventer
Dutch people of Polish descent
Dutch footballers
Netherlands international footballers
Netherlands under-21 international footballers
Dutch expatriate footballers
Go Ahead Eagles players
SBV Vitesse players
AFC Ajax players
SC Heerenveen players
NAC Breda players
FC Dallas players
Perth Glory FC players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Major League Soccer players
A-League Men players
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Expatriate soccer players in Australia
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Association football midfielders