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Dereck Kutesa

Dereck Kutesa

Swiss footballer (born 1997)

Dereck Germano Kutesa (born 6 December 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Servette and the Switzerland national team.

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Club career

Kutesa played his youth football by Servette and advanced through all the ranks. On 18 October 2013 he signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal, but he remained with their U-21 team. During the 2014–15 season he was called up to their first team and had four appearances with them in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. At the end of the season Servette were second in the table, but they did not obtain a license for the 2015-16 Challenge League season because they did not provide necessary financial documents and guarantees. Servette was therefore relegated to the Promotion League, the third tier.

On 30 December 2015 Kutesa signed for Basel on a three and a half year contract. He prepared himself for the second half of the season in January with Basel and was loaned back to his regular club Servette until the end of the season. With Kutesa's help they achieved immediate promotion.

On 1 July 2016 Kutesa joined Basel's first team for their 2016–17 season under head coach Urs Fischer. After playing in five test games Kutesa played his debut for the club in the Swiss Cup away game in the Herti Allmend Stadion on 18 September 2016 as Basel won 1–0 against Zug 94.[1] He played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Rheinpark Stadion on 5 March 2017 as Basel played a 1–1 draw with Vaduz.[2] Under trainer Urs Fischer Kutesa won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[3] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history. Kutesa played in two of the cup games.[4]

On 14 September 2017, Basel announced that they were loaning out Kutesa to FC Luzern, until the end of the 2017–18 Swiss Super League season, so that he could gain more first team playing experience.[5] Following this loan period he returned to Basel. But on 5 July 2018 he transferred to St. Gallen.[6] During his short period with the club, Kutesa played a total of nine games for Basel without scoring a goal. Four of these games were in the Swiss Super League, three in the Swiss Cup and nine were friendly games.[7]

During summer 2018, on 5 July, Kutesa transferred to St. Gallen, where he stayed for just one season, in which he played a total of 45 competitive games for FCSG. In these he scored five goals and made five assists. On 27 August 2019 the club announced that he was transferring to French team Stade de Reims in the Ligue 1.[8]

On 25 August 2021, he joined Zulte Waregem in Belgium for a season-long loan.[9]

On 30 August 2022, Kutesa returned to Servette and signed a three-year contract.[10]

International career

Kutesa is of Angolan descent.[11][12] He participated in the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship with the Switzerland national under-17 football team.

He made his debut for the senior Switzerland national team on 26 March 2024 in a friendly against the Republic of Ireland.[13]

Honours

Basel

References

  1. [1]
    Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (18 September 2016). "Zug 94 - FC Basel 0:1 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  2. [2]
    Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (5 March 2017). "FC Vaduz - FC Basel 1:1 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  3. [3]
    Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  4. [4]
    "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. [5]
    FC Basel 1893 (14 September 2017). "Dereck Kutesa wechselt leihweise zum FC Luzern". Dereck Kutesa on loan to FC Luzern (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. [6]
    FC Basel 1893 (5 July 2018). "Dereck Kutesa wechselt zum FC St Gallen 1879". Dereck Kutesa moves to FC St Gallen 1879 (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. [7]
    Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2022). "Dereck Kutesa -FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  8. [8]
    "Dereck Kutesa verlässt den FCSG". Dereck Kutesa leaves FCSG (in German). fcsg.ch. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  9. [9]
    "Dereck Kutesa gaat ALL-IN voor Essevee" (in Dutch). Zulte Waregem. 25 August 2021.
  10. [10]
    "DERECK KUTESA DE RETOUR AU SERVETTE FC" (in French). Servette. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  11. [11]
    "FCSG-Spieler Dereck Kutesa: "Basel bleibt Basel, das kann mir niemand nehmen"" (in German).
  12. [12]
    "Interview Dereck KUTESA" (in French).
  13. [13]
    "Republic of Ireland v Switzerland game report". ESPN. 26 March 2024.


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