Victor Sikora
Victor Tadeusz Sikora ( born April 11, 1978 in Deventer ) is a former Dutch footballer, who aligned both as an offensive midfielder, as well as a winger was used.
Club career
Early years at Go Ahead Eagles
Born in Deventer in Overijssel Sikora began his active career as a football player at his home club, the unterklassig gambling Roda Deventer, of which he is still moving in the young age of the Go Ahead Eagles. At the Club, which also has its headquarters in Deventer, he was until 1995 in the various youth teams active and managed as early as the 1994/95 season the leap into the professional team, which of their game operating at that same time in the Eredivisie, the highest football league country had. Still in the same season was the at that time only 16 -year-old made his professional debut when he came off the bench on 15 February 1995 with the 1:2 away defeat against RKC Waalwijk in 69 minutes for Gijs Steinmann. After a season in which came the first team of the club only to the penultimate place in the table, the team was able to secure the continued presence in excellence only by winning the ascent or descent playoff at the end of the season.
After geschafften relegation Sikora was already more often in 1995/ 96 for the first team to use and brought it up to the end of the season to a total of 14 league appearances, in which he also scored his first professional league goal. As in the previous season, the team could not convince 1995/96 and was end of the season with 22 points and 34 games in the last place, and so had to make the descent in the Dutch second division. There, the learned advanced but at a regular player and attached it to the end of the season 1996/97 even on 32 championship appearances, in which he came to scoring eight times. He was next to Erik Tammer (23 results) is the second top scorer of his team. Although afterwards took part in the playoffs, the planned revival could not vonstattengehen due to the lower goal difference of Go Ahead Eagles and the team had to remain in the Eerste Divisie.
With the Go Ahead Eagles by the second-class
In the following season 1997/98 should not change much about it. After 34 games the team reached discharged, only a place in mid-table and had to be content to continue in the second highest Dutch football league to remain. Sikora came in 31 games for use and acted alongside players like Erik Tammer (17 goals) and Jan Michels (12 goals) with twelve hits as one of the top scorer of the team. After another personally very strong for him 1998/ 99 in which he scored 13 goals in 29 completed league games, but he did not made it with the team for the umpteenth time in the relegation playoffs, some clubs were on the offensive strong midfielder, who at that time was also often used as a striker, attentive. Greatest success with the team this season was also moving into the Round of the KNVB Cup of the season 1998/99, where you then, however, the FC Zwolle was defeated with 2:5. In those previous years different Sikora with the team usually shortly after the group stage in the first knockout round of the current competition are from.
Return to the Eredivisie
Because of his offensive talent Sikora was the ranked in his final season with the Go Ahead Eagles with 13 goals behind Bram Marbus (14 hits ) on the second place of the internal association scorer, finally taken by the Dutch first division club Vitesse Arnhem under contract. At the Club from lying on the Lower Rhine city of Arnhem Sikora won quickly a place in the midfield and was in his first season at the new club the same in 28 league games in action, in which he scored eight goals. Also in the league, it was better than in previous years for Sikora. Vitesse Arnhem he made it immediately to the front table seats and was so entitled with the team once again for participating in the UEFA Cup. Having already gained 1999/2000 first experience in this competition, as it was used in a single UEFA Cup game, followed by the good placement season 1999/2000 UEFA Cup 2000/ 01 a further two appearances.
In the league it was similar to the previous season for the right-aligned offensive athlete. This Sikora came in the 2000/ 01 season in 27 league games for use, in which he came to scoring nine times. However, it was enough this season not only just for a place in the UEFA Cup the following season. In the KNVB Cup remained from the very big success and the team retired, as 1999/2000, also in the 2000 /01 season in the semifinals of the ongoing competition from. With the following season 2001/ 02, in which he won a second UEFA Cup starting place with the team, also declined Sikora's hit rate, where he came to scoring three times in 29 league games completed. In spite of all the reigning at that time Dutch champions Ajax Amsterdam expressed interest in the skilled midfielder and took him for a rumored transfer fee of 4.5 million euros in the Dutch capital. In addition to joining Ajax Amsterdam was at this time, a transfer to England for Fulham FC in the room.
Champion and runner with Ajax Amsterdam
There began for the then 24 -year-olds have been most successful career section, although it mainly in his first season at the capital club could not establish himself as a regular player and as a part of the season 2003 /04 was sidelined due to injury. In this he was employed in 17 league games in which he came twice for scoring and won with the team, among others, the Johan Cruyff Schaal 2002. Besides Sikora gained his first experience in the UEFA Champions League, where he acting for the came Dutch champions Ajax Amsterdam in four matches (including against Olympique Lyon, Inter Milan and AS Roma ) is used and it came with the team to the quarter- finals of the competition, where one remains just the later Chamipions League winners AC Milan with a total score of 2:3 in return game was defeated. In the championship made it the 1.72 m wide midfielder with a point behind PSV Eindhoven in the second place, which they were entitled to participate in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League 2003 /04.
After nearly getting ahead in qualifying ( total score: 2:3 against Grazer AK ) would retire at the subsequent group stage of the competition as the bottom of Group H at an early stage from the current competition and could it again concentrate on the ongoing championship. Sikora, who had come in both CL qualifiers and in two of the six group matches of his team 's Champions League action, became even within the league to one of the master players in midfield from Ajax Amsterdam. It was the Polish -born Sikora, which was often used in Ajax defensive midfielder, to a total of 27 championship jobs as well as well as five goals and was instrumental in the total 29 championship title in the club's history.
As Players out on loan to Heerenveen and Breda
Although the success he celebrated with Ajax, the club's management Sikora decided to pass as Players out on loan. His first hire station here was the SC Heerenveen, for which he should be used throughout the season 2004/ 05, but it took until the end of the season to only 19 missions and a hit. After a fifth place in the final standings and the return to his real home club in the capital of the now defensively oriented midfielder was given a second time. This time his trip was to Breda, where he was to gain a foothold in the active there NAC Breda, but it brought the entire 2005/ 06 to only 13 league operations, where he also remained goalless. Although in his Leihsaison at Breda he could not really establish themselves, they still had confidence in him and took him for the season 2006/ 07 as fixed new addition to the team.
As a regular player at NAC Breda
Plagued by injuries Sikora could not really prevail even after its fixed obligation in football club from Breda and graduated up to the end of the season, only nine championship games in which he came a time for scoring. Yet this was a bad season placing the team in the final table of the Eredivisie, the team which even had to participate in the Relegation Playoff, but there was able to secure the continued presence in the makings. There, the 1.72 m wide versatile midfielder and winger came in the 2007/ 08 season on 21 league inserts and two goals, but could not yet connect to the achievements of the past few years and decided after the expiry of his contract to leave the Dutch Upper House.
Exchange overseas
Soon after, he moved to the United States, where he signed a lucrative contract with a base salary of 144,000 dollars and a guaranteed check- sum of slightly more than 163,000 U.S. dollars at FC Dallas. But even with the Americans Sikora was not spared from injury problems and was completed after just two league games after a meniscus tear in his right knee for several weeks out. Even after his return to one and a half months, Sikora could not really arrive in the team and completed at the end of season three more league games in which he but once again could not play and had to be replaced early. Among other things, but he succeeded in the end of season match, a 2-2 away draw against LA Galaxy, a gate that the longtime Mexican Duilio Davino International before him. After a trial with his former club, Go Ahead Eagles, Sikora was awarded in the winter break before the new season as a guest player to Australia to Perth Glory. There he was to replace the Brazilian Amaral, who had fallen out due to injury. Still in his first season came the midfielder in five championship games available for use, in which he remained scoreless, however.
Fixer signing Perth Glory
It took only two months before Sikora was a further meeting with the club from Perth in contract negotiations to be committed subsequently to the club for another year. Previously, the Dutchman had already abermaligem in contact with his former training club, Go Ahead Eagles, where he also completed sample workouts, but in the end could not convince. After his return to Australia Sikora has rapidly become a regular in the first team of the club. He came to December 2009 in 17 league games for use, scoring four goals. Thereafter, however, he was again thrown back from injury, which to date ( as at 28 October 2010) prevented Sikora is used in a competitive match Perth Glory. Reasons for this were many. Sometimes there were strains and injuries on the thighs, back threw the Sikora for a week or two, but after that also came even hip problems which will let the learned midfielder failed even for several weeks. Furthermore, even injuries to the knee were added to the Sikora has already operate in June 2009 can. After he had come for the seasons 2010/11 and 2011/12 only to a total of one use, he said in mid-2012 his retirement from professional sports.
National team career
First international experience gained Siktora in the 1990s, when he with the Dutch U-16 selection participated among others in 1994 to qualifying for the U-16 European Championship in 1994, while on March 8, 1994 ( 0-1 defeat against England U -16) made his debut in his first competition game. Other uses for the U -18 and U -21 national team of his native country followed in the subsequent years.
His first enlistment in the national team of his native country followed in February 2001, when he was nominated for a friendly match against Turkey, and also debuted in this February 28, 2001. Until his last international appearance on 19 May 2002 after a 2-0 win over the United States Sikora came in six internationals in the Netherlands for use. Among other things, he also completed two games during the qualification for the 2002 World Cup, where he was employed in a 2-2 draw against Portugal and a 4-0 win over Cyprus.