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 | |||
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Full name | Lucie Voňková | ||
Date of birth | (1992-02-28) 28 February 1992 (age 30) | ||
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) |
National team | |||
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]
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]
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]
Competition | Stage | Date | Location | Opponent | Goals | Result | Overall |
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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 | Torshavn | ![]() | 1 | 8–0 | TBD |
2017–10–20 | Domžale | ![]() | 1 | 4–0 | |||
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]
Czech Footballer of the Year (women) | |
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