Kateřina Svitková

Kateřina Svitková (born 20 March 1996) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chelsea of the English FA WSL and the Czech Republic women's national football team.[2] She previously played for West Ham United[1] and Slavia Prague.[3]

Kateřina Svitková
Svitková with Slavia Prague in 2018
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
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 13
Youth career
2003–2013 Viktoria Plzeň
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2020 Slavia Prague 177[1] (188[1])
2020–2022 West Ham United 34 (5)
2022– Chelsea 3 (0)
International career‡
2011–2013 Czech Republic U17 21 (15)
2013–2014 Czech Republic U19 12 (6)
2014– Czech Republic 48 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023

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.[4] Svitková was named 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Czech Footballer of the Year (women).[5][6][7][8][9] In the 2016–17 and 2017–18 season she was the top scorer of the Czech Women's First League.[10][11]

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.[12]

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 CupQualifiers2017–09–14Tórshavn Faroe Islands28–0TBD

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 April 2014Stadion v Městských sadech, Opava, Czech Republic Estonia4–06–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.6–0
3.20 August 2014A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia1–04–1
4.2–0
5.3–0
6.1 December 2015Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland  Switzerland1–41–5UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
7.8 March 2017GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Italy2–52–62017 Cyprus Women's Cup
8.14 September 2017Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands1–08–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
9.6–0
10.28 February 2018GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Belgium1–02–12018 Cyprus Women's Cup
11.7 March 2018 Slovakia5–25–2
12.12 June 2018Letní stadion, Chomutov, Czech Republic Faroe Islands1–04–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
13.31 August 2018Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic Slovenia1–02–0
14.30 August 2019Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova Moldova1–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
15.2–0
16.1 December 2020Letní stadion, Chomutov, Czech Republic Moldova4–07–0
17.9 April 2021Letní stadion, Chomutov, Czech Republic  Switzerland1–01–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs
18.13 April 2021Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland  Switzerland1–01–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)
19.27 November 2021Městský stadion, Ostrava, Czech Republic Netherlands1–02–22023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
20.1 September 2022AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus Cyprus5–06–0
21.6 September 2022Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Belarus1–07–0
22.2–0
23.15 November 2022Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest, Romania Romania2–12–1Friendly

Honours

Chelsea

References
  1. "West Ham United sign Czech Republic international Kateřina Svitková". West Ham United. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. "Katerina Svitkova joins Chelsea Women". Chelsea F.C. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. "Slávistky hlásí první změny v týmu". slavia.cz. July 6, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  4. UEFA
  5. "Fotbalistkou roku 2015 poprvé Kateřina Svitková". fotbal.cz (in Czech). FAČR. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. "Fotbalistou roku je Čech, do Síně slávy vstoupili mistři Evropy a Nedvěd". idnes.cz. March 21, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  7. "Kateřina Svitková fotbalistkou roku 2018". fotbal.cz (in Czech). FAČR. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  8. "Kateřina Svitková potřetí Fotbalistkou roku". fotbal.cz (in Czech). FAČR. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  9. "Tomáš Souček a Kateřina Svitková obhájili vítězství v anketě Fotbalista roku". fotbal.cz (in Czech). FAČR. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  10. "Nejlepší střelkyní Svitková, osobností opět Pěničková". fotbal.cz. June 7, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  11. "Nejlepší střelkyní 1. ligy žen slávistka Svitková". fotbal.cz. August 16, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  12. FAČR profile
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