Tomáš Čvančara
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 13 August 2000[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Neratovice, Czech Republic | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Slavia Prague | ||
| 2018–2019 | Jablonec | ||
| 2019 | → Empoli (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Jablonec | 24 | (6) |
| 2019–2020 | → Slavoj Vyšehrad (loan) | 21 | (13) |
| 2021 | → Opava (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Sparta Prague | 39 | (19) |
| 2023– | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 30 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017-2018 | Czech Republic U18 | 14 | (6) |
| 2018 | Czech Republic U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Czech Republic U21 | 3 | (1) |
| 2023– | Czech Republic | 6 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2023 | |||
Tomáš Čvančara (born 13 August 2000) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Czech Republic national team.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]On 11 March 2018, Čvančara debuted for Jablonec as a starter against Baník Ostrava in a 2:0 victory.[citation needed]
In January 2019, he was sent on loan to the youth academy of Serie A side Empoli,[2] scoring one goal in 10 league matches.[3]
Čvančara spent the 2019–20 season on loan at Czech second division club Slavoj Vyšehrad, where he scored 13 times in 21 league appearances.[4]
At the beginning of 2020–21 Czech First League, Čvančara was sent to Opava on loan.[5]
Sparta Prague
[edit]On 20 December 2021, Čvančara signed a multi-year contract with Czech giants Sparta Prague,[6] playing 15 league matches and scored seven goals.[citation needed] On 28 January, after a fight with Sigma Olomouc defender Tomáš Vraštil, Čvančara suffered a concussion and was briefly unconscious.[7] He missed the rest of the season due to a thigh muscle injury.[8]
In the 2022-23 Czech First League, he scored 12 goals in 24 appearances for the club.[9]
Borussia Mönchengladbach
[edit]On 14 July 2023, Čvančara signed a five-year contract with German side Borussia Mönchengladbach.[10] On 22 July 2023, he scored in the first three minutes in his debut, a friendly match against 1. FC Saarbrücken.[11] In a 5–1 victory against VFB Stuttgart on 29 July, Čvančara scored an excellent hat-trick with a freekick to complete it, leading Borussia Mönchengladbach to win the pre-season tournament.[12]
On 11 August 2023, Čvančara scored his first two goals and provided an assist on his official debut for the club in the first round of the 2023-24 DFB-Pokal against TuS Bersenbrück.[13] On 19 August, he scored his first two Bundesliga goals in a 4-4 draw with FC Augsburg, including a last-minute penalty he scored to equalize.[14]
International career
[edit]On 24 March 2023, Čvančara made his debut and scored his first goal for the Czech Republic national team in a 3–1 victory against Poland during the Euro 2024 qualifiers.[15]
Controversy
[edit]In May 2023, Čvančara and his then-Sparta Prague teammate Jan Mejdro were allegedly caught with drug abuse; Čvančara was tested negative.[16]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 3 November 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jablonec | 2017–18 | Czech First League | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9[b] | 4 | 24 | 9 | ||
| Total | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 10 | ||
| Slavoj Vyšehrad (loan) | 2019–20 | Fortuna národní liga | 21 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 13 | |
| Opava (loan) | 2020–21 | Czech First League | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Sparta Prague | 2021–22 | Czech First League | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2[a] | 0 | 19 | 9 |
| 2022–23 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2[a] | 0 | 30 | 15 | ||
| Total | 39 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 24 | ||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | 24 | 6 | |
| 2024–25 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 30 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | 35 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 125 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 151 | 53 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, seven appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
[edit]- As of match played 24 March 2023
- Czech Republic score listed first, score column indicates score after each Čvančara goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 24 March 2023 | Fortuna Arena, Prague, Czech Republic | 1 |  Poland |
2–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
Honours
[edit]Sparta Prague
References
[edit]- ^ "Tomáš Čvančara | Czechia | European Qualifiers". UEFA. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ ""Kdyby naskočil jen na minutu, bylo by to hezký", říká po odchodu dorostence do Empoli jeho agent Nehoda". 90-minut.cz (in Czech). 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Osmnáctiletý útočník Čvančara odešel z Jablonce do Empoli". Sport.cz (in Czech). 17 January 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Je nejvyšší čas začít pravidelně hrát ligu, říká jablonecký Čvančara". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). 14 August 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Fotbalová Opava začne přípravu s dalšími čtyřmi novými hráči". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). 3 January 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Tomáš Čvančara přestupuje do Sparty". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech). 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Čvančara kromě otřesu mozku neutrpěl vážnější zranění". Eurofotbal (in Czech). 30 January 2021. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023.
- ^ Dosadil, Pavel (6 May 2023). "Čvančara v obřích problémech? Sparta se reprezentanta zastala, podá trestní oznámení". Sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Vojík, Jiří (14 July 2023). "Čvančara odchází ze Sparty, bude nastupovat za Mönchengladbach". Eurofotbal (in Czech). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Nussbauer, Michal (14 July 2023). "Potvrzeno! Čvančara přestupuje do bundesligy, Spartě přistane na účtě pořádný balík". Sport.cz (in Czech).
- ^ "Gladbach zittert sich in Saarbrücken zum Sieg". Kicker (in German). 22 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Große Show von Ngoumou und Čvančara". Kicker (in German). 29 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Čvančara pomohl dvěma góly Mönchengladbachu do 2. kola Německého poháru". Eurofotbal (in Czech). 12 August 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Kryštof, Vojtěch (19 August 2023). "Čvančara exceloval při přestřelce v Augsburgu. Gladbach si ze strhující bitvy odnesl remízu". Eurofotbal (in Czech). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Czechs down Poland 3-1 in Euro qualifier thanks to quick-fire goals". Reuters. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ Dosadil, Pavel (6 May 2023). "Čvančara v obřích problémech? Sparta se reprezentanta zastala, podá trestní oznámení". Sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Sparta v euforii! Remíza na Slovácku odstartovala mistrovské oslavy". Seznam.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Tomáš Čvančara at Fortunaliga.cz
- Tomáš Čvančara at FAČR (in Czech)
- Tomáš Čvančara at Soccerway
- Tomáš Čvančara at WorldFootball.net
- Living people
- 2000 births
- Czech men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Czech Republic men's international footballers
- Czech Republic men's youth international footballers
- SK Slavia Prague players
- Empoli FC players
- FK Jablonec players
- FC Slavoj Vyšehrad players
- SFC Opava players
- AC Sparta Prague players
- Czech National Football League players
- Czech First League players
- Bundesliga players
- Czech expatriate men's footballers
- Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany