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André Sitek (born 17 April 1963) is a retired
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who played in the 1980s and 90s.Weltfussball
/ref> He played first in the Netherlands and in 1988 moved to Switzerland. After his playing career he returned to the Netherlands and became sport journalist.


Football career

Aged 15, in 1978, Sitek joined the youth system of
HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 1982â ...
and he later advanced to their first team, who at that time played in the
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. In the 1986–87 and 1987–88 season Sitek was regular starter in the team. In the summer 1988 Sitec moved to Switzerland and signed for FC Chur, who at that time played in the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football. He stayed with Chur for one season and then moved on to
FC Baden Fussballclub Baden 1897, simply known as FC Baden, is a Swiss football club based in Baden, Canton Aargau, which is a short distance from Zürich. It was founded in 1897. FC Baden has a total of 22 different teams at age levels, including fiv ...
, also for two seasons.tel Sitek joined
FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Basel, in the Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been List of Swiss footba ...
for their 1991–92 season under head coach Ernst August Künnecke. After playing one test game Sitek played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the
Stadion Schützenmatte Stadion Schützenmatte is a sports stadium with track and field facilities in the Bachletten quartier in Basel, Switzerland. It is the home ground of BSC Old Boys Basel and, together, the Association football pitch, pitch and tennis courts make u ...
on 17 August as FCB lost 0–4 against local rivals Old Boys. He scored his first goal for the club a week later, on 24 August in the away game as Basel won 4–0 against Châtel-Saint-Denis. Sitek scored his first hat-trick for FCB in the away match on 17 November as Basel won 3–2 against
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. Sitek was the team's top goal scorer in the league season with 20 goals. For their 1992–93 season the club appointed
Friedel Rausch Friedel Rausch (27 February 1940 – 18 November 2017) was a German football player and manager. As a manager, he won with FC Luzern the Swiss championship in 1989 and the cup in 1992, thereby becoming the most successful manager in the club's ...
as new trainer. Sitek was on top form and was the team's top goal scorer in the first part of the season. In the qualifying phase, he scored 20 goals in 22 appearances. He scored a hat-trick in the away game against
Urania Genève Sport Urania Genève Sport is a Swiss omnisport club based in Geneva. Its football section was founded in 1896. The current club was born in 1922 through a merger between FC Urania and FC Genève. Its main title is the Swiss cup, won in 1929 against ...
on 26 August as Basel won 5–3 and in the return match, on 14 November, as Basel won 8–0 he scored another hat-trick. He also scored a hattrick in the first round cup match against SC Baudepartement. In second phase of the season Sitek was no longer in such a good form and rumors were circulated as to why. He scored only four times in the team's 14 games and they missed promotion. At the end of the season Sitek's contract was not extended. During his two seasons with the club Sitek played a total of 89 games for Basel scoring a total of 77 goals. 61 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 9 in the
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and 19 were friendly games. He scored 44 goals in the domestic league, 12 in the cup and the other 21 were scored during the test games. Following his time with Basel Sitek signed for
FC Locarno FC Locarno is a Swiss association football, football club based in Locarno in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland. As of the 2019–20 season, Locarno play in the Swiss sixth level, 2. Liga (Switzerland), 2. Liga. His ...
and remained with them for two seasons before he retired from active football.


Private life

After his active football career Sitek returned to the Netherlands and became sport journalist.


References


Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

A portrait (in German) on FCB internet
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sitek, Andre 1963 births Living people Dutch men's footballers HFC Haarlem players FC Chur 97 players FC Baden players FC Basel players FC Locarno players Men's association football forwards Eredivisie players Swiss Super League players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 20th-century Dutch sportsmen