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 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

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 national team.[2] She previously played for West Ham United[1] and Slavia Prague.[3]

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]

Career statistics

Scores and results list the Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Svitková goal.
List of international goals scored by Kateřina Svitková
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
126 April 2014Stadion v Městských sadech, Opava, Czech Republic Estonia4–06–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
26–0
320 August 2014A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia1–04–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
42–0
53–0
61 December 2015Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Switzerland1–41–5UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
78 March 2017GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Italy2–52–62017 Cyprus Women's Cup
814 September 2017Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands1–08–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
96–0
1028 February 2018GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Belgium1–02–12018 Cyprus Women's Cup
117 March 2018GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Slovakia5–25–22018 Cyprus Women's Cup
1212 June 2018Letní stadion, Chomutov, Czech Republic Faroe Islands1–04–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
1331 August 2018Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic Slovenia1–02–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
1430 August 2019Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova Moldova1–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
152–0
161 December 2020Letní stadion, Chomutov, Czech Republic Moldova4–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
179 April 2021Letní stadion, Chomutov, Czech Republic Switzerland1–01–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs
1813 April 2021Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland Switzerland1–01–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)
1927 November 2021Městský stadion, Ostrava, Czech Republic Netherlands1–02–22023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
201 September 2022AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus Cyprus5–06–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
216 September 2022Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Belarus1–07–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
222–0
2315 November 2022Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest, Romania Romania2–12–1Friendly

Honours

Chelsea

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 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" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 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" (in Czech). fotbal.cz. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  11. "Nejlepší střelkyní 1. ligy žen slávistka Svitková" (in Czech). fotbal.cz. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  12. FAČR profile
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