Barbora Votíková

Barbora Votíková (born 13 September 1996) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Czech Republic national team. Known as Bára, she is also a YouTuber.

Club career
Born in Plasy, Votíková started her youth career with local club TJ Sokol Plasy at 8 years old, where she played with boys. She moved to youth academy of Viktoria Plzeň later. In 2013 at the age of 17, she started to play for club's senior team.

In 2014, Votíková joined Slavia Prague with whom she played in UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time. During 2017–18 season, she helped her club reach the quarter-finals of Champions League.

On 25 August 2021, French club Paris Saint-Germain signed Votíková on a two-year deal.

In April 2022, Votíková suffered an ACL rupture in her right knee and did not play for the remainder of the season. Votíková returned after her injury in February 2023, playing a friendly against Paris FC.

On 8 June 2023, Paris Saint-Germain announced that Votíková would be leaving the club as her contract expired.

On 17 August 2023, Votíková signed a two-year contract with English club Tottenham Hotspur. She made her first league start against rivals Arsenal on 16 December 2023, keeping a clean sheet and winning player of the match.

International career
Votíková is a former Czech youth international. She have appeared for under-19 team at qualification stage of 2014 and 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She made her senior team debut on 28 October 2014, by coming on as a half-time substitute for Radka Bednaříková in a 1–1 draw against Poland.

Outside football
Votíková started her YouTube channel on 12 April 2015. In 2021, Forbes magazine ranked her sixth in most paid YouTubers from Czech Republic. She have also appeared in Czech films such as Pepa (2018) and Cena za štěstí (2019). Votíková holds also a fashion company named BARBES with her former girlfriend, poker player Barbora Mlejnková.

Personal life
In 2019, a book called Bára Votíková: Trochu jinak (English: Bára Votíková: A Little Different) written by herself was published. She came out as lesbian in the book.

Honours
Slavia Prague
 * Czech Women's First League: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20
 * Czech Women's Cup: 2015–16

Paris Saint-Germain
 * Coupe de France féminine: 2021–22