Tomáš Čvančara

Tomáš Čvančara
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-13) 13 August 2000 (age 24)
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 37 (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 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2024

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

Early career

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, scoring one goal in 10 league matches.

Čvančara spent the 2019–20 season on loan at Czech second division club Slavoj Vyšehrad, where he scored 13 times in 21 league appearances.

At the beginning of 2020–21 Czech First League, Čvančara was sent to Opava on loan.

Sparta Prague

On 20 December 2021, Čvančara signed a multi-year contract with Czech giants Sparta Prague, 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. He missed the rest of the season due to a thigh muscle injury.

In the 2022-23 Czech First League, he scored 12 goals in 24 appearances for the club.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 14 July 2023, Čvančara signed a five-year contract with German side Borussia Mönchengladbach. On 22 July 2023, he scored in the first three minutes in his debut, a friendly match against 1. FC Saarbrücken. 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.

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. 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.

International career

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.

Controversy

In May 2023, Čvančara and his then-Sparta Prague teammate Jan Mejdro were allegedly caught with drug abuse; Čvančara was tested negative.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
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 0 10 1
2021–22 14 5 1 0 9 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 0 19 9
2022–23 24 12 4 3 2 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 16 0 2 0 — 18 0
Total 37 4 5 2 — 42 6
Career total 132 42 13 7 14 4 158 53
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, seven appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 11 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Czech Republic 2023 6 1
2024 2 0
Total 8 1
As of match played 24 March 2023
Czech Republic score listed first, score column indicates score after each Čvančara goal.
List of international goals scored by Tomáš Čvančara
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 March 2023 Fortuna Arena, Prague, Czech Republic 1  Poland 2–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Sparta Prague

References

  1. ^ "Tomáš Čvančara | Czechia | European Qualifiers". UEFA. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. ^ ""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.
  3. ^ "Osmnáctiletý útočník Čvančara odešel z Jablonce do Empoli". Sport.cz (in Czech). 17 January 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Je nejvyšší čas začít pravidelně hrát ligu, říká jablonecký Čvančara". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). 14 August 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Fotbalová Opava začne přípravu s dalšími čtyřmi novými hráči". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). 3 January 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Tomáš Čvančara přestupuje do Sparty". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech). 20 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Čvančara kromě otřesu mozku neutrpěl vážnější zranění". Eurofotbal (in Czech). 30 January 2021. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023.
  8. ^ Dosadil, Pavel (6 May 2023). "Čvančara v obřích problémech? Sparta se reprezentanta zastala, podá trestní oznámení". Sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  9. ^ Vojík, Jiří (14 July 2023). "Čvančara odchází ze Sparty, bude nastupovat za Mönchengladbach". Eurofotbal (in Czech). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  10. ^ Nussbauer, Michal (14 July 2023). "Potvrzeno! Čvančara přestupuje do bundesligy, Spartě přistane na účtě pořádný balík". Sport.cz (in Czech).
  11. ^ "Gladbach zittert sich in Saarbrücken zum Sieg". Kicker (in German). 22 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Große Show von Ngoumou und Čvančara". Kicker (in German). 29 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Čvančara pomohl dvěma góly Mönchengladbachu do 2. kola Německého poháru". Eurofotbal (in Czech). 12 August 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Czechs down Poland 3-1 in Euro qualifier thanks to quick-fire goals". Reuters. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  16. ^ Dosadil, Pavel (6 May 2023). "Čvančara v obřích problémech? Sparta se reprezentanta zastala, podá trestní oznámení". Sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  17. ^ "Sparta v euforii! Remíza na Slovácku odstartovala mistrovské oslavy". Seznam.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.