David Hovorka
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 August 1993 | ||
| 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 | 17 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2020– | Czech Republic | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2020 | |||
Club career
He spent most of his youth career in Sparta Prague, arriving from SK Kročehlavy in 2002 at the age of 9.[1]
Sparta Prague
He entered the first team squad in 2012, but failed to make a league appearance for the club.
Loan to Hradec Králové
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.
Loan to Viktoria Žižkov
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.
Liberec
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.
Return to Sparta Prague
On 2 February 2017, it was announced that Hovorka, despite being seriously injured at the time, joined his former club Sparta Prague.[7]
Slavia Prague
In the summer of 2019 he moved to Slavia Praha and was a starter in the Champions League match against Inter.
International career
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]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 30 December 2020
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hradec Králové (loan) | 2013–14 | Fortuna národní liga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Viktoria Žižkov (loan) | 2014–15 | Fortuna národní liga | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Slovan Liberec | 2015–16 | Fortuna liga | 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 | Fortuna liga | 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 | Fortuna liga | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 23 | 2 | |
| Total | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 23 | 2 | |||
| Jablonec | 2018–19 | Fortuna liga | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Slavia Prague | 2019–20 | Fortuna liga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 134 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 178 | 6 | ||
References
- Gól hýžděmi? Šťastný střelec Hovorka chápe, že se na něj všichni ptají, iDNES.cz, citováno 29. 1. 2014
- "- Do Hradce přichází Hovorka. Kulič a Rolko mají nové smlouvy | FotbalPortal.cz". www.fotbalportal.cz. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- "EuroFotbal - specialista na evropský fotbal". www.eurofotbal.cz. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- Váňa, Lukáš. "FC Slovan Liberec | David Hovorka a Jan Sýkora přestupují do Slovanu". www.fcslovanliberec.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- "Slovan Liberec - FK Mladá Boleslav 4:2". EuroFotbal.cz. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- "Slovan Liberec - Fastav Zlín 4:3". EuroFotbal.cz. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- "Sparta si bere z Liberce stopera Hovorku, využila předkupní právo". iDNES.cz. 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- "Hotovo! David Hovorka zůstává v Jablonci!". fkjablonec.cz. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
- "Jarolím doplnil tým na Němce a Iry. Bere Lüftnera a Hovorku, vrací se Hušbauer - iSport.cz". iSport.cz. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- "Cyprus v Czech Republic game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
External links
- David Hovorka – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- David Hovorka at Soccerway