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Richard Witschge
Personal information
Full name	Richard P. Witschge
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1991	Ajax
1991–1993	Barcelona
1993–1996	Bordeaux
1995	→ Blackburn (loan)
1996–2003	Ajax
2001–2002	→ Alavés (loan)
2003	ADO' 20
2004	Oita Trinita
International career
1990–2000	Netherlands
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Richard P. Witschge (born 20 September 1969 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a former Dutch footballer.

He could either appear on the left or as a holding midfielder. His older brother, Rob, was also a footballer.

Club career

A product of Ajax Amsterdam's prolific youth ranks, Witschge first appeared in the first division on 26 October 1986, at only 17, and scored his first league goal fairly a year after. His older brother Rob was already playing there.

After being established in the first team, Witschge joined Johan Cruyff's FC Barcelona, as the Catalonians won back-to-back national leagues.

Subsequently, he represented FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Blackburn Rovers (on loan from March 1995, he played once against West Ham United, as his team won the league title), Ajax (in his second spell with his main club, he added more than 150 official appearances, helping the club to two leagues and back-to-back domestic cups; additionally, he was loaned to Deportivo Alavés in 2001–02), amateurs AD0' 20 Heemskerk and Oita Trinita from Japan, retiring in 2004.

International career

Witschge earned 31 caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored one goal. He made his debut on 21 February 1990, in a friendly against Italy (0–0), and was picked for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, under manager Leo Beenhakker.

However, an injury playing for Barcelona ruled him out of UEFA Euro 1992 and he did not make another major tournament until Euro 1996, held in England. During this time his place in the national team was taken by his older brother.

Honours

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1986–87
Dutch League: 1995–96, 1997–98
Dutch Cup: 1985–86, 1986–87, 1997–98, 1998–99
Dutch Supercup: 2002
Spanish League: 1991–92, 1992–93

External links

Beijen profile Template:Nl icon
Richard Witschge at Wereld van Oranje (archived) (in Dutch)
BDFutbol profile
Richard Witschge at Soccerbase
Richard Witschge at National-Football-Teams.com

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 A product of [[AFC Ajax|Ajax Amsterdam]]'s prolific youth ranks, Witschge first appeared in the [[Eredivisie|first division]] on 26 October 1986, at only 17, and scored his first league goal fairly a year after. His older brother [[Rob Witschge|Rob]] was already playing there.
-After being established in the first team, Witschge joined [[Johan Cruyff]]'s [[FC Barcelona]], being fairly used as the [[Catalonia]]ns won back-to-back [[La Liga|national league]]s.
+After being established in the first team, Witschge joined [[Johan Cruyff]]'s [[FC Barcelona]], as the [[Catalonia]]ns won back-to-back [[La Liga|national league]]s.
 Subsequently, he represented [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux]], [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] (on loan from March 1995, he played once against [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], as his team [[1994&ndash;95 FA Premier League|won]] [[Premier League|the league title]]), Ajax (in his second spell with his main club, he added more than 150 official appearances, helping the club to two leagues and back-to-back [[KNVB Cup|domestic cups]]; additionally, he was loaned to [[Deportivo Alavés]] in [[2001&ndash;02 La Liga|2001&ndash;02]]), amateurs AD0' 20 Heemskerk and [[Oita Trinita]] from [[Japan]], retiring in 2004.