Cedric Itten

Cedric Itten (born 27 December 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for FC St. Gallen in the Swiss Super League and for the Switzerland national team.

Cedric Itten
Personal information
Full name Cedric Jan Itten
Date of birth (1996-12-27) 27 December 1996
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Centre forward
Club information
Current team
 St. Gallen
Number 13
Youth career
2003–2004 FC Black Stars Basel
2004–2007 BSC Old Boys
2007–2015 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Basel U-21 32 (1)
2015–2018 Basel 21 (3)
2016–2017 → FC Luzern (loan) 33 (3)
2018 → St. Gallen (loan) 16 (5)
2018– St. Gallen 30 (13)
National team‡
2013–2014 Switzerland U-18 6 (3)
2014–2015 Switzerland U-19 6 (2)
2015–2016 Switzerland U-20 7 (2)
2016–2018 Switzerland U-21 7 (0)
2019– Switzerland 2 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:28, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:29, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Itten started his youth football with FC Black Stars Basel in 2003, and then moved to BSC Old Boys a year later. In February 2007 he transferred to Basel and played in their U-18 team and their U-21 team. Itten was a part of FC Basel's 2013–14 UEFA Youth League campaign. He signed a three-year professional contract on 21 August 2015 and joined their first team.[1]

Itten made his league debut for Basel on 21 February 2016 during the 5–1 home win against Vaduz.[2] He scored his first league goal for Basel on 21 February during the 4–1 away win against Lugano.[3] Under trainer Urs Fischer Itten won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season. For the club it was the seventh title in a row and their 19th championship title in total.[4]

On 18 June 2016, Basel announced that they were loaning out Itten to FC Luzern, until the end of the 2016–17 Swiss Super League season, so that he could gain first team playing experience.[5] Again on 23 June 2017 Basel announced that they were prolonging their contract with Itten until 30 June 2020 and were continuing the loan to Luzern for another year, until the end of the 2017–18 season.[6]

Due to Basel's bad start to the season, on 13 September 2017 Basel announced that they had recalled striker Itten back from the loan.[7] His first goal following his return was the winning goal for the team in the Stadio Comunale (Chiasso) during the 2017–18 Swiss Cup match in the against FC Chiasso.[8]

International career

On 15 November 2019, Itten made his debut in the Switzerland national team, coming as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Georgia and scoring the only goal of the match.[9] Three days later, he scored twice in a 6–1 win over Gibraltar.[10]

International goals
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.[11]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 November 2019Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland Georgia1–01–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2.18 November 2019Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Gibraltar1–06–1
3.5–1

Honours

FC Basel

References
  1. FC Basel 1893 (2015). "Nachwuchs-Profivertrag für-U21-Spieler Cedric Itten". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. Marti, Caspar (2016). "Der FCB dreht das Spiel and gewinnt gegen Vaduz 5:1". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  3. Caspar, Marti (2016). "Trotz vielen umstellungen ohne Probleme gewonnen". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Itten leihweise zum FC Luzern". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  6. FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Der FCB verlängert den Vertrag mit Cedric Itten" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  7. FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Cedric Itten zurueck zum FCB". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  8. Marti, Casper (2017). "Der FCB nach einem hart erkämpften 1:0 in der nächsten Runde". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  9. "Switzerland 1-0 Georgia". bbc.com. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  10. "Gibraltar 1-6 Switzerland". bbc.com. British Broadcasting Corporation. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  11. "Cedric Itten". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
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