Kateřina Svitková

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]

Kateřina Svitková
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-20) 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 32 (5)
National team‡
2011–2013 Czech Republic U17 21 (15)
2013–2014 Czech Republic U19 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

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
Goals for the Czech WNT in official competitions
CompetitionStageDateLocationOpponentGoalsResultOverall
2015 FIFA World CupQualifiers2014–02–25Opava Estonia26–05
2014–08–20Tallinn Estonia34–1
2017 UEFA EuroQualifiers2015–12–01Neuchâtel  Switzerland11–51
2019 FIFA World CupQualifiers2017–09–14Torshavn Faroe Islands28–0TBD

References
  1. "West Ham United sign Czech Republic international Kateřina Svitková". West Ham United. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. "Slávistky hlásí první změny v týmu". slavia.cz. July 6, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  3. UEFA
  4. "Fotbalistkou roku 2015 poprvé Kateřina Svitková". fotbal.cz (in Czech). FAČR. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. "Fotbalistou roku je Čech, do Síně slávy vstoupili mistři Evropy a Nedvěd". idnes.cz. March 21, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  6. "Kateřina Svitková fotbalistkou roku 2018". fotbal.cz (in Czech). FAČR. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  7. "Kateřina Svitková potřetí Fotbalistkou roku". fotbal.cz (in Czech). FAČR. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  8. "Tomáš Souček a Kateřina Svitková obhájili vítězství v anketě Fotbalista roku". fotbal.cz (in Czech). FAČR. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  9. "Nejlepší střelkyní Svitková, osobností opět Pěničková". fotbal.cz. June 7, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  10. "Nejlepší střelkyní 1. ligy žen slávistka Svitková". fotbal.cz. August 16, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  11. FACR
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