Kateřina Svitková
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 20 March 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Plzeň, Czech Republic | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | West Ham United | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2013 | Viktoria Plzeň | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2020 | Slavia Prague | 177[1] | (188[1]) |
2020– | West Ham United | 20 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2013 | Czech Republic U17 | 21 | (15) |
2013–2014 | 12 | (6) | |
2014– | Czech Republic | 47 | (21) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 January 2021 |
Kateřina Svitková (born 20 March 1996) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for West Ham United of the English FA WSL and the Czech Republic women's national football team.[1] She previously played for Slavia Prague.[2]
Early life[]
Svitková was born in Plzeň and played with the boys' teams at Viktoria Plzeň.[1]
Club career[]
Svitková was along Kirsten van de Ven the top assister of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League, where Slavia reached the quarterfinals.[3] Svitková was named 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Czech Footballer of the Year (women).[4][5][6][7][8] In the 2016–17 and 2017–18 season she was the top scorer of the Czech First Division.[9][10]
International career[]
Svitková made her debut for the Czech national team in a February 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying 6–1 loss against Italy, and went on to lead the team's scoring in those qualifiers with 5 goals.[11]
International goals[]
Competition | Stage | Date | Location | Opponent | Goals | Result | Overall |
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2015 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2014–02–25 | Opava | Estonia | 2 | 6–0 | 5 |
2014–08–20 | Tallinn | Estonia | 3 | 4–1 | |||
2017 UEFA Euro | Qualifiers | 2015–12–01 | Neuchâtel | Switzerland | 1 | 1–5 | 1 |
2019 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2017–09–14 | Torshavn | Faroe Islands | 2 | 8–0 | TBD |
References[]
- ^ a b c d "West Ham United sign Czech Republic international Kateřina Svitková". West Ham United. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "Slávistky hlásí první změny v týmu". slavia.cz. July 6, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ UEFA
- ^ "Fotbalistkou roku 2015 poprvé Kateřina Svitková". fotbal.cz (in Czech). FAČR. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "Fotbalistou roku je Čech, do Síně slávy vstoupili mistři Evropy a Nedvěd". idnes.cz. March 21, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ "Kateřina Svitková fotbalistkou roku 2018". fotbal.cz (in Czech). FAČR. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Kateřina Svitková potřetí Fotbalistkou roku". fotbal.cz (in Czech). FAČR. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Tomáš Souček a Kateřina Svitková obhájili vítězství v anketě Fotbalista roku". fotbal.cz (in Czech). FAČR. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Nejlepší střelkyní Svitková, osobností opět Pěničková". fotbal.cz. June 7, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ "Nejlepší střelkyní 1. ligy žen slávistka Svitková". fotbal.cz. August 16, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ FACR
External links[]
- Kateřina Svitková at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Czech women's footballers
- Czech Republic women's international footballers
- FC Viktoria Plzeň players
- Women's association football midfielders
- SK Slavia Praha (women) players
- Sportspeople from Plzeň
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Czech expatriate sportspeople in England
- West Ham United F.C. Women players
- Czech First Division (women) players
- FA Women's Super League players
- Czech women's football biography stubs