Cedric Itten

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Cedric Itten
Personal information
Full name Cedric Jan Itten
Date of birth (1996-12-27) 27 December 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Team information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 9
Youth career
2003–2004 FC Black Stars Basel
2004–2007 BSC Old Boys
2007–2015 Basel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 Basel U21 32 (1)
2015–2018 Basel 21 (3)
2016–2017 → FC Luzern (loan) 33 (3)
2018 → St. Gallen (loan) 16 (5)
2018–2020 St. Gallen 42 (23)
2020–2022 Rangers 33 (5)
2021–2022 → Greuther Fürth (loan) 12 (2)
2022– Young Boys 79 (33)
International career‡
2013–2014 Switzerland U18 6 (3)
2014–2015 Switzerland U19 6 (2)
2015–2016 Switzerland U20 8 (2)
2016–2018 Switzerland U21 7 (0)
2019– Switzerland 12 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:00, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:50, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Cedric Jan Itten (born 27 December 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Swiss club Young Boys and the Switzerland national team.

Contents

Club career

Youth football

Itten started his youth football with FC Black Stars Basel in 2003, before moving to BSC Old Boys a year later. In February 2007 he moved on to the youth department of 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.

Basel

Itten signed a three-year junior professional contract on 21 August 2015 and joined Basel's first team for their 2015–16 season under head coach Urs Fischer. [1] After playing in two test games, Itten played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 21 February 2016 as Basel won 5–1 against Vaduz. Itten played the assist as Birkir Bjarnason scored the last goal of the game. [2] He scored his first league goal for his club on 13 February in the away game in the Cornaredo as Basel won 4–1 against Lugano. It was the team's fourth goal, scored just before half time. [3] With the team 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]

Luzern (loan)

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 more first team playing experience. [5] Itten had a successful season scoring three goals in 28 appearances. Then, on 23 June 2017 Basel announced that they were prolonging their contract with Itten until 30 June 2020 and were continuing the loan Itten to Luzern for another period, until the end of the 2017–18 season. [6]

Return to Basel

Due to Basel's bad start to their 2017–18 season, due strikers transferring out and due to injuries of their replacements, on 13 September 2017 Basel announced that they had recalled striker Itten back from his 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 on 17 September. It was the winning goal as Basel won 1–0 against FC Chiasso. [8] Until the winter break Itten had 10 domestic league appearances, scoring two goals.

In January 2018 Itten was loaned to St. Gallen, but never returned to Basel. During his period with the club, Itten played a total of 29 games for Basel scoring a total of five goals. 21 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, three in the Swiss Cup, two in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and three were friendly games. He scored three goals in the domestic league, one in the cup and the other was scored during the test games. [9]

St. Gallen

On 17 January 2018, Basel announced that Itten would be loaned out to St. Gallen until the end of the season, with an option to buy. [10] On 29 June 2018 it was announced that St. Gallen pulled the option and had bought the striker. [11]

Rangers

On 4 August 2020, Itten signed for Scottish club Rangers, on a four-year deal and for an undisclosed fee, [12] reported to be £2.7 million. [13] On 9 August 2020, Itten made his debut for Rangers in a Scottish Premiership match against St Mirren. [14]

On 27 September 2020, Itten scored his first two goals for Rangers, coming off the bench to score Rangers' fourth and fifth goals in a 5–1 win against Motherwell at Fir Park. [15]

Greuther Fürth (loan)

On 31 August 2021, the last day of the 2021 summer transfer window Itten signed for German club Greuther Fürth on a season-long loan. [16] On 12 January 2022, Itten’s loan was cut short as he was recalled by parent club Rangers. [17]

Young Boys

On 1 June 2022, his transfer to Bernese club BSC Young Boys was announced. [18] He signed a four-year contract with the Swiss Super League club.

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. [19] Three days later, he scored twice in a 6–1 win over Gibraltar. [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 January 2025 [21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basel 2015–16 Swiss Super League 11100—1 [c] 0121
2017–18 Swiss Super League10231—6 [d] 0193
Total21331—70314
Luzern (loan) 2016–17 Swiss Super League28320—1 [c] 0313
2017–18 Swiss Super League50——2 [c] 070
Total33320—30383
St. Gallen (loan) 2017–18 Swiss Super League165———165
St. Gallen 2018–19 Swiss Super League8412—1 [c] 0106
2019–20 Swiss Super League341910——3519
Total442322—104525
Rangers 2020–21 Scottish Premiership 27410207 [c] 2376
2021–22 Scottish Premiership6121003 [e] 0112
Total3353120102488
Greuther Fürth (loan) 2021–22 Bundesliga 12200——122
Young Boys 2022–23 Swiss Super League311934—5 [f] 03923
2023–24 Swiss Super League301031008 [g] 24113
2024–25 Swiss Super League18434—8 [d] 0298
Total7933990021210944
Career total2367419132042429991
  1. ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Scottish League Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. ↑ Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 15 October 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 201923
202020
202131
202351
Total125
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Itten goal. [22]
List of international goals scored by Cedric Itten
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
115 November 2019 Kybunpark, St. Gallen, SwitzerlandFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1–01–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
218 November 2019 Victoria Stadium, GibraltarFlag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 1–06–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
35–1
415 November 2021 Swissporarena, Lucerne, SwitzerlandFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3–04–0 FIFA World Cup 2022 qualification
512 September 2023 Tourbillon, Sion, SwitzerlandFlag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1–03–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualification

Honours

FC Basel

Rangers

Young Boys

Individual

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