Lucie Voňková
Voňková with MSV Duisburg in 2014
Personal information
Full name Lucie Voňková
Date of birth (1992-02-28) 28 February 1992
Place of birth Teplice, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Teplice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2012 Slavia Prague 99 (59)
2012–2013 Sparta Prague 24 (18)
2013 FCR 2001 Duisburg 14 (1)
2014 MSV Duisburg 18 (1)
2015–2017 FF USV Jena 34 (12)
2017–2019 Bayern Munich 22 (5)
2019–2021 Ajax 9 (1)
International career
2009–2021 Czech Republic 72 (22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lucie Voňková (28 February 1992) is a Czech former football striker, who was a member of the Czech Republic national team.[1] As well as playing six seasons in her native country, she played for six seasons in Germany and two in the Netherlands.

Voňková was top scorer of the international indoor football tournament Weltklasse 2013.[2]

Voňková was voted footballer of the year at the 2016 and 2017 Czech Footballer of the Year (women).[3][4]

Club career

Raised in FK Teplice, Voňková started her career in Slavia Prague, where she spent six years. In 2012, Voňková moved to Slavia's rival Sparta Prague.[5] In her only season with Sparta, she won the domestic double and she made her UEFA Champions League debut.[6] For the 2013–14 season she jumped to Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga, signing for MSV Duisburg.[7] After two tough years in Duisburg, where she slowly adapted to higher quality of Bundesliga, Voňková moved to FF USV Jena and she started scoring goals more often.[8] On 7 July 2017, Voňková signed for Bayern Munich.[9][10] She joined Ajax in the Eredivisie in 2019.[11] She announced her retirement in June 2021 at the age of 29, due to health reasons.[12]

International career

Voňková made her debut for the national team in a friendly match against Poland on 31 May 2009.[13] By the time of her retirement in June 2021, she was captain of the national team and had scored 22 goals in 72 matches for her country.[12]

Goals for the Czech WNT in official competitions
CompetitionStageDateLocationOpponentGoalsResultOverall
2015 FIFA World CupQualifiers2013–10–26Strumica North Macedonia23–13
2013–11–27Fuenlabrada Spain12–3
2017 UEFA EuroQualifiers2015–09–22Tbilisi Georgia13–03
2016–04–12Opava Georgia14–1
2016–06–07Jablonec Northern Ireland13–0
2019 FIFA World CupQualifiers2017–09–14Tórshavn Faroe Islands18–0TBD
2017–10–20Domžale Slovenia14–0

Career honours

Club

Sparta

Individual

Personal life

In September 2018 Voňková married her partner Claudia van den Heiligenberg.[14] In March 2021 Voňková announced van den Heiligenberg's pregnancy on social media.[15]

Voňková with Bayern Munich in 2017

References

  1. ↑ Profile at UEFA website
  2. ↑ "Bad Neuenahr und Potsdam tanken Selbstvertrauen in der Halle". framba.de (in German). 13 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Fotbalistkou roku 2016 Lucie Voňková". FAČR (in Czech). fotbal.cz. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Překvapení ve Fotbalistovi roku. Čechova vláda končí, zvítězil Darida". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Profile at Sparta website
  6. ↑ Profile in UEFA.com
  7. ↑ "FCR: Vonkova soll Islacker ersetzen". kicker.de (in German). 15 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "FF USV Jena verpflichtet Lucie Voňková". ffusvjena.de (in German). 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "FCB-Frauen verpflichten Lucie Vonkova". fcbayern.com (in German). 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Spielerinnenprofil". dfb.de (in German). 27 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ajax Vrouwen contracteert 'ervaren' Lucie Vonkova". ajax.nl (in Dutch). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  12. 1 2 "Lucie Voňková ze zdravotních důvodů ukončila kariéru". FAČR (in Czech). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  13. ↑ Lucie Voňková at FAČR (in Czech)
  14. ↑ "Nejlepší česká fotbalistka Voňková si vzala spoluhráčku z Bayernu" (in Czech). sport.cz. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "Fotbalistka Voňková oznámila radostnou novinu, s partnerkou očekávají potomka" (in Czech). sport.cz. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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