David Hovorka (born 7 August 1993) is a professional Czech football defender currently playing for Slavia Prague in the Fortuna Liga.
![]() Hovorka (left) 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1993-08-07) 7 August 1993 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Kladno, Czech Republic | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Slavia Prague | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
Kladno | |||
2002–2012 | Sparta Prague | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Sparta Prague | 0 | (0) |
2014 | → Hradec Králové (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Viktoria Žižkov (loan) | 29 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Slovan Liberec | 36 | (3) |
2017–2019 | Sparta Prague | 19 | (1) |
2018–2019 | → Jablonec (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2019 | Jablonec | 14 | (0) |
2019– | Slavia Prague | 24 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2020– | Czech Republic | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2020 |
He spent most of his youth career in Sparta Prague, arriving from SK Kročehlavy in 2002 at the age of 9.[1]
He entered the first team squad in 2012, but failed to make a league appearance for the club.
In January 2014, he moved to Czech National Football League team Hradec Králové on loan with an option to buy.[2] He made his professional league debut on 21 March 2013 in a 1–1 away draw against České Budějovice.[3] He appeared in only seven league matches, returning to Sparta at the end of the season.
For the 2014–15 season, he moved on loan to another second-tier club, Viktoria Žižkov, for one year. He appeared in 29 league matches, scoring no goals.
In summer 2015, he signed a three-year deal with the Czech First League side Liberec.[4] He made his First League debut for them on 27 July in a 4–2 home win against Mladá Boleslav.[5] He scored his first professional league goals on 11 May 2016 in a 4–3 home win against Zlín.[6] With Liberec, he played in the Europa League group stage in two consecutive years.
On 2 February 2017, it was announced that Hovorka, despite being seriously injured at the time, joined his former club Sparta Prague.[7]
On loan to Jablonec for one year.[8]
In the summer of 2019 he moved to Slavia Praha and was a starter in the Champions League match against Inter.
Despite not playing for any youth national teams, he was called up to the senior Czech national team in August 2017 to face Germany and Northern Ireland in the World Cup qualifiers.[9] He made his senior debut for the Czech Republic on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Cyprus.[10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hradec Králové (loan) | 2013–14 | Czech National Football League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
Viktoria Žižkov (loan) | 2014–15 | Czech National Football League | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||
Slovan Liberec | 2015–16 | Czech First League | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 38 | 2 | |
2016–17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | |||
Total | 36 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | — | 57 | 3 | |||
Sparta Prague | 2016–17 | Czech First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |||
Total | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |||
Jablonec (loan) | 2018–19 | Czech First League | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 23 | 2 | |
Jablonec | 2018–19 | Czech First League | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
Slavia Prague | 2019–20 | Czech First League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
2020–21 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |||
2021–22 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||||
Total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
Career total | 144 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 189 | 7 |
SK Slavia Prague
SK Slavia Prague – current squad | |
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