Barbora Votíková

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Barbora Votíková
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Votíková with Slavia Prague in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-13) 13 September 1996 (age 24)
Place of birth Plzeň, Czech Republic
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Paris Saint-Germain
Number 30
Youth career
TJ Sokol Plasy
Viktoria Plzeň
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Viktoria Plzeň
2014–2021 Slavia Prague 59 (0)
2021– Paris Saint-Germain 0 (0)
National team‡
2009–2011 Czech Republic U17 2 (0)
2014–2015 Czech Republic U19 7 (0)
2014– Czech Republic 29 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 August 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2021

Barbora Votíková (born 13 September 1996) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for French Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain and the Czech Republic national team. Known as Bára, she is also a YouTuber, author, actress, comedian and television presenter.[1]

Club career[]

Born in Plasy, Votíková started her youth career with local club TJ Sokol Plasy at 8 years old, where she played with boys. She moved to youth academy of Viktoria Plzeň later. In 2013 at the age of 17, she started to play for club's senior team.

In 2014, Votíková joined Slavia Prague with whom she played in UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time. During 2017–18 season, she helped her club reach the quarter-finals of Champions League.[2]

On 25 August 2021, French club Paris Saint-Germain signed Votíková on a two-year deal.[3][4]

International career[]

Votíková is a former Czech youth international. She have appeared for under-19 team at qualification stage of 2014 and 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She made her senior team debut on 28 October 2014, by coming on as a half-time substitute for Radka Bednaříková in a 1–1 draw against Poland.[5]

Outside football[]

Votíková started her YouTube channel on 12 April 2015.[6] In 2021, Forbes magazine ranked her sixth in most paid youtubers from Czech Republic.[7] She have also appeared in Czech films such as Pepa (2018) and Cena za stestí (2019).[8]

Personal life[]

In 2019, a book called Bára Votíková: Trochu jinak (English: Bára Votíková: A Little Different) written by herself was published.[9] She came out as lesbian in the book.[10]

Career statistics[]

International[]

As of 11 June 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Czech Republic 2014 1 0
2015 0 0
2016 3 0
2017 5 0
2018 7 0
2019 5 0
2020 5 0
2021 3 0
Total 29 0

Honours[]

Slavia Prague

References[]

  1. ^ "Bara Votikova: The YouTube sensation taking on Arsenal in Europe". 30 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Chtěla bych mít víc modřin, říká mladá youtuberka a fotbalistka". IDNES.cz (in Czech). 9 July 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Česká reprezentační brankářka jde do PSG. Bude nosit Messiho číslo". 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Barbora Votíková au Paris Saint-Germain". 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Přátelská utkání - Přátelská mezistátní utkání ženy "A"". Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. ^ "YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  7. ^ "Žebříček 10 nejlépe placených Youtuberů Česka". Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Do kin přichází film Pepa". 24 March 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Bára Votíková – Trochu jinak". magazin.dobre-knihy.cz (in Czech). 10 July 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  10. ^ "YouTube Talks: Youtuberka Bára Votíková řekla pravdu o své sexuální orientaci! Jak těžké bylo přiznat, že není na kluky?". iprima.cz (in Czech). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Barbora Votíková". Retrieved 25 August 2021.

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