David Hovorka

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David Hovorka
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Hovorka (in left) in action with Slovan Liberec in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-08-07) 7 August 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Kladno, Czech Republic
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Kladno
2002–2012 Sparta Prague
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2019–2022 Slavia Prague 25 (0)
International career
2020 Czech Republic 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Hovorka (born 7 August 1993) is a retired professional Czech football defender. He played for four clubs in the Czech First League.

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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]

Loan to Jablonec

On loan to Jablonec for one year. [8]

Slavia Prague

In the summer of 2019 he moved to SK Slavia Prague and was a starter in the Champions League match against Inter. He ended his career in March 2023 after a lingering injury, when he played his last match in May 2022. [9]

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. [10] He made his senior debut for the Czech Republic on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Cyprus. [11]

After football

Since January 2024, Hovorka work as a mental health coach in the Sparta Prague youth academy. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 June 2022
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hradec Králové (loan) 2013–14 Czech National Football League 7000——70
Viktoria Žižkov (loan) 2014–15 Czech National Football League29040——330
Slovan Liberec 2015–16 Czech First League 2525080—382
2016–17 1110080—191
Total36350160—573
Sparta Prague 2016–17 Czech First League0000——00
2017–18 1911000—201
Total1910000—201
Jablonec (loan) 2018–19 Czech First League1512061—232
Jablonec 2018–19 Czech First League140———140
Slavia Prague 2019–20 Czech First League90005010150
2020–21 801140—131
2021–22 70———70
Total240119010351
Career total1445131311101897

Honours

SK Slavia Prague

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References

  1. ↑ Hovorka, David (29 January 2014). "Gól hýžděmi? Šťastný střelec Hovorka chápe, že se na něj všichni ptají". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Interviewed by Radomír Machek.
  2. ↑ "Do Hradce přichází Hovorka. Kulič a Rolko mají nové smlouvy". FotbalPortal.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  3. ↑ "České Budějovice - FC Hradec Králové". EuroFotbal.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  4. ↑ Váňa, Lukáš. "David Hovorka a Jan Sýkora přestupují do Slovanu". FC Slovan Liberec (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  5. ↑ "Slovan Liberec - FK Mladá Boleslav 4:2". EuroFotbal.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  6. ↑ "Slovan Liberec - Fastav Zlín 4:3". EuroFotbal.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  7. ↑ "Sparta si bere z Liberce stopera Hovorku, využila předkupní právo". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  8. ↑ "Hotovo! David Hovorka zůstává v Jablonci!". FK Jablonec (in Czech). 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  9. ↑ "Hovorka se už na ligové trávníky nevrátí, obránce Slavie ukončil kariéru" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  10. ↑ "Jarolím doplnil tým na Němce a Iry. Bere Lüftnera a Hovorku, vrací se Hušbauer". iSport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  11. ↑ "Cyprus v Czech Republic game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
  12. ↑ Lizec, Jiří (12 February 2024). "Hovorka nově pomáhá mladým sparťanům. Ve Slavii se to nepotkalo, vysvětlil". Sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 February 2024.
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