Career
Born in Tychy, Silesia, Poland, Witeczek moved to Germany as an infant. He was a successful youth player in his country of adoption, earning runners-up medals at both the 1985 Fédération internationale de football association U-16 World Championship and the 1987 World Youth Championship, winning the Golden Shoe at the latter tournament, with seven goals in as many games. However, he missed the decisive penalty in the final against Yugoslavia, which West Germany lost.
He moved on to 1.
Football Club Kaiserslautern in 1991 and Football Club Bayern Munich two years later. Aged almost 29, Witeczek signed for Borussia Mönchengladbach, suffering relegation in his second season but achieveing promotion in his fourth, always as an important first-team member - never appeared in less than 30 league contests in that timeframe. After two slower years, he left for regional league side SG Wattenscheid 09, where he remained two further seasons.
After one year out of football, 37-year Witeczek joined Landesliga (level 5) club Football Club Albstadt 07, retiring for good at the season"s education
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