Lucie Voňková

Lucie Voňková (28 February 1992) is a Czech former footballer who played as a striker. She was a member of the Czech Republic national team. As well as playing six seasons in her native country, she played for six seasons in Germany and two in the Netherlands.

Voňková was top scorer of the international indoor football tournament Weltklasse 2013.

Voňková was voted footballer of the year at the 2016 and 2017 Czech Footballer of the Year (women).

Club career 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. In her only season with Sparta, she won the domestic double and she made her UEFA Champions League debut. For the 2013–14 season she moved to Frauen-Bundesliga, signing for MSV Duisburg. 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. On 7 July 2017, Voňková signed for Bayern Munich. She joined Ajax in the Eredivisie in 2019. She announced her retirement in June 2021 at the age of 29, for health reasons.

International career Voňková made her debut for the national team in a friendly match against Poland on 31 May 2009. 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. In March 2021 Voňková announced van den Heiligenberg's pregnancy on social media. On 10 July 2023, Voňková announced on social media her own pregnancy.

Career statistics +Goals for the Czech WNT in official competitionsCompetition Stage Date Location Opponent Goals Result Overall2015 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Strumica 2 3–1 3 2013–11–27 Fuenlabrada 1 2–32017 UEFA Euro Qualifiers Tbilisi 1 3–0 32016–04–12 Opava 1 4–1 2016–06–07 Jablonec 1 3–0 2019 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Tórshavn 1 8–0 TBD2017–10–20 Domžale 1 4–0

Honours Sparta Czech Women's First League: 2012–13 Czech Women's Cup: 2013

Individual Czech Footballer of the Year (women): 2016, 2017