David Hovorka
David Hovorka (born 7 August 1993) is a retired professional Czech football defender. He played for four clubs in the Czech First League.
 Hovorka (in left) in action with Slovan Liberec in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 August 1993 | ||
| 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* | |||
| 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) |
| 2019–2022 | Slavia Prague | 25 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2020 | Czech Republic | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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 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]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 18 June 2022
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hradec Králové (loan) | 2013–14 | Czech National Football League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Viktoria Žižkov (loan) | 2014–15 | Czech National Football League | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| Slovan Liberec | 2015–16 | Czech First League | 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 | Czech First League | 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 | Czech First League | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 23 | 2 | |
| Jablonec | 2018–19 | Czech First League | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Slavia Prague | 2019–20 | Czech First League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 144 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 189 | 7 | ||
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!". FK Jablonec. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
- "Hovorka se už na ligové trávníky nevrátí, obránce Slavie ukončil kariéru". iDnes. 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- "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 at Fortunaliga.cz
- David Hovorka – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- David Hovorka at Soccerway
- David Hovorka at FAČR (in Czech)