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 with MSV Duisburg in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucie Voňková | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | |||
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
editRaised 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, for health reasons.[12]
International career
editVoňková 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]
| Competition | Stage | Date | Location | Opponent | Goals | Result | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2013–10–26 | Strumica | 2 | 3–1 | 3 | |
| 2013–11–27 | Fuenlabrada | 1 | 2–3 | ||||
| 2017 UEFA Euro | Qualifiers | 2015–09–22 | Tbilisi | 1 | 3–0 | 3 | |
| 2016–04–12 | Opava | 1 | 4–1 | ||||
| 2016–06–07 | Jablonec | 1 | 3–0 | ||||
| 2019 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2017–09–14 | Tórshavn | 1 | 8–0 | TBD | |
| 2017–10–20 | Domžale | 1 | 4–0 |
Career honours
editClub
edit- Sparta
- Czech Women's First League (1): 2012–13
- Czech Women's Cup (1): 2013
Individual
edit- Czech Footballer of the Year (women) (2): 2016, 2017
Personal life
editIn 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] On 10 July 2023, Voňková announced on social media her own pregnancy.[16]
Gallery
editReferences
edit- ^ Profile at UEFA website
- ^ "Bad Neuenahr und Potsdam tanken Selbstvertrauen in der Halle". framba.de (in German). 13 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ "Fotbalistkou roku 2016 Lucie Voňková". FAČR (in Czech). fotbal.cz. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Překvapení ve Fotbalistovi roku. Čechova vláda končí, zvítězil Darida". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ Profile at Sparta website
- ^ Profile in UEFA.com
- ^ "FCR: Vonkova soll Islacker ersetzen". kicker.de (in German). 15 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "FCB-Frauen verpflichten Lucie Vonkova". fcbayern.com (in German). 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Spielerinnenprofil". dfb.de (in German). 27 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Ajax Vrouwen contracteert 'ervaren' Lucie Vonkova". ajax.nl (in Dutch). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Lucie Voňková ze zdravotních důvodů ukončila kariéru". FAČR (in Czech). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Lucie Voňková at FAČR (in Czech)
- ^ "Nejlepší česká fotbalistka Voňková si vzala spoluhráčku z Bayernu". sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Czech News Agency. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Fotbalistka Voňková oznámila radostnou novinu, s partnerkou očekávají potomka". sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Macháčová, Lucie (10 July 2023). "Fotbalistka Voňková je poprvé těhotná. S manželkou budou mít druhé dítě". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 26 June 2024.