Antonín Svoboda (born 14 March 2002) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

He started his career with

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. On 22 August 2018 he joined the Red Bull Football Academy in

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. He war also part of the

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team 2019–20. At the beginning of the 2020–21 season he was transferred to FC Liefering. Svoboda made his debut for Austrian Second League side Liefering in September 2020 against

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. He came in 69th minute for Chukwubuike Adamu. He made his debut for the senior team of

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on 25 February 2021 in a Europa League Round of 32 game against

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, as an added time substitute.

Honours

FC Liefering ''Runner-up'' *

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References

2002 births Footballers from Brno Living people Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Red Bull Salzburg players FC Liefering players MFK Karviná players 2. Liga (Austria) players Czech First League players Czech expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Czech expatriate sportspeople in Austria FC Sellier & Bellot Vlašim players Czech National Football League players {{CzechRepublic-footy-bio-stub