Career
He played in the Czechoslovak First League and went on to play in the Gambrinus liga after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. As a result, he also represented both Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovakian Republic at international level Club career During his playing career, Bittengel made over 100 league appearances for in six seasons at the club
Bittengel then went to Germany to play for Bayer Uerdingen.
During his time in Germany he played 153 league matches, scoring a total of 20 goals. Later in his career, Bittengel returned to the Czechoslovakian Republic and played for FK Chmel Blšany, where he was the captain.
International career Bittengel played for the Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team between 1986 and 1988, scoring three times in 14 appearances. He progressed to the senior side, making his début for Czechoslovakia senior team in 1987.
He played his fourth and final match for Czechoslovakia in 1991, but would go on to play for the newly independent Czechoslovakian Republic in a 1995 match against Finland, his only appearance.
As a manager, Bittengel"s first Gambrinus liga position was at FK Chmel Blšany, who he led between 2001 and 2003. He took charge of Blšany in the winter break of the 2001-2002 Gambrinus liga, after the team had lost seven consecutive matches under boss Miroslav Beránek. Blšany remained in the Gambrinus liga throughout Bittengel"s tenure, but suffered a run of five consecutive defeats at the beginning of the 2003-2004 season.
In October 2003, with the club still last in the table, having taken just two points from the opening ten matches, Bittengel was replaced by Michal Bílek.
He took over at FK Viktoria Žižkov in the winter break of the 2003-2004 Gambrinus liga, with the club second from bottom in the league. The club were relegated at the end of the season and Bittengel left Žižkov to join South Carolina Xaverov Horní Počernice, a team which had just been relegated to the Bohemian Football League, on a one-year contract.
Bittengel joined FK in July 2006, while the team was in the Prague Championship. He led Dukla until December 2009, when Luboš Kozel was brought in to lead the team and Bittengel moved to a new role as sporting director