Barbora Votíková

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Barbora Votíková
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Votíková with Slavia Prague in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-13) 13 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Plzeň, Czech Republic
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Tottenham Hotspur
Number 1
Youth career
TJ Sokol Plasy
Viktoria Plzeň
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Viktoria Plzeň
2014–2021 Slavia Prague 59 (0)
2021–2023 Paris Saint-Germain 13 (0)
2023– Tottenham Hotspur 1 (0)
International career
2009–2011 Czech Republic U17 2 (0)
2014–2015 Czech Republic U19 7 (0)
2014– Czech Republic 37 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 April 2023

Barbora Votíková (born 13 September 1996) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur[1] and the Czech Republic national team. Known as Bára, she is also a YouTuber.[2]

Club career

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]

In April 2022, Votíková suffered an ACL rupture in her right knee and did not play for the remainder of the season.[6] Votíková returned after her injury in February 2023, playing a friendly against Paris FC.

On 8 June 2023, Paris Saint-Germain announced that Votíková would be leaving the club as her contract expired.[7]

On 17 August 2023, Votíková signed a two-year contract with English club Tottenham Hotspur.[8] She made her first league start against rivals Arsenal on 16 December 2023, keeping a clean sheet and winning player of the match.[9][10]

International career

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.[11]

Outside football

Votíková started her YouTube channel on 12 April 2015.[12] In 2021, Forbes magazine ranked her sixth in most paid YouTubers from Czech Republic.[13] She have also appeared in Czech films such as Pepa (2018) and Cena za štěstí (2019).[14] Votíková holds also a fashion company named BARBES with her former girlfriend, poker player Barbora Mlejnková.[15][16]

Personal life

In 2019, a book called Bára Votíková: Trochu jinak (English: Bára Votíková: A Little Different) written by herself was published.[17] She came out as lesbian in the book.[18]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 6 April 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
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
2023 1 0
Total 37 0

Honours

Slavia Prague

Paris Saint-Germain

References

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