Barbora Votíková (born 13 September 1996) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for French Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain[1] and the Czech Republic national team. Known as Bára, she is also a YouTuber.[2]
![]() Votíková with Slavia Prague in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1996-09-13) 13 September 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Plzeň, Czech Republic | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
TJ Sokol Plasy | |||
Viktoria Plzeň | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Viktoria Plzeň | ||
2014–2021 | Slavia Prague | 59 | (0) |
2021– | Paris Saint-Germain | 12 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2009–2011 | Czech Republic U17 | 2 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Czech Republic U19 | 7 | (0) |
2014– | Czech Republic | 36 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 April 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 April 2022 |
Born in Plasy, Votíková started her youth career with local club TJ Sokol Plasy at 8 years old, where she played with boys. She moved to youth academy of Viktoria Plzeň later. In 2013 at the age of 17, she started to play for club's senior team.
In 2014, Votíková joined Slavia Prague with whom she played in UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time. During 2017–18 season, she helped her club reach the quarter-finals of Champions League.[3]
On 25 August 2021, French club Paris Saint-Germain signed Votíková on a two-year deal.[4][5]
Votíková is a former Czech youth international. She have appeared for under-19 team at qualification stage of 2014 and 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She made her senior team debut on 28 October 2014, by coming on as a half-time substitute for Radka Bednaříková in a 1–1 draw against Poland.[6]
Votíková started her YouTube channel on 12 April 2015.[7] In 2021, Forbes magazine ranked her sixth in most paid youtubers from Czech Republic.[8] She have also appeared in Czech films such as Pepa (2018) and Cena za štěstí (2019).[9] Votíková holds also a fashion company named BARBES with her former girlfriend, poker player Barbora Mlejnková.[10][11]
In 2019, a book called Bára Votíková: Trochu jinak (English: Bára Votíková: A Little Different) written by herself was published.[12] She came out as lesbian in the book.[13]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Czech Republic | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
2015 | 0 | 0 | |
2016 | 3 | 0 | |
2017 | 5 | 0 | |
2018 | 7 | 0 | |
2019 | 5 | 0 | |
2020 | 5 | 0 | |
2021 | 7 | 0 | |
2022 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 36 | 0 |
Slavia Prague
Paris Saint-Germain
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