Lucie Voňková (28 February 1992) is a

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former football striker, who 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

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, Voňková started her career in

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, where she spent six years. In 2012, Voňková moved to Slavia's rival

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. In her only season with Sparta, she won the domestic double and she made her

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debut. For the 2013-14 season she jumped to

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's Frauen-Bundesliga, signing for

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. 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

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in the

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in 2019. She announced her retirement in June 2021 at the age of 29, due to health reasons.

International career

Voňková made her debut for the national team in a friendly match against

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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.

Career honours

Club

;Sparta * Czech Women's First League (1):

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* Czech Women's Cup (1): 2013

Individual

* Czech Footballer of the Year (women) (2): 2016, 2017

Personal life

In September 2018 Voňková married her partner Claudia van den Heiligenberg. In March 2021 Voňková announced van den Heiligenberg's pregnancy on social media.

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References

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