Kateřina Svitková

Kateřina Svitková (born 20 March 1996) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slavia Prague on loan from Chelsea of the English FA WSL and the Czech Republic national team. She previously played for West Ham United and Slavia Prague.

Early life
Svitková was born in Plzeň and played with the boys' teams at Viktoria Plzeň.

Club career
Svitková was along Kirsten van de Ven the top assister of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League, where Slavia reached the quarterfinals. Svitková was named 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Czech Footballer of the Year (women). In the 2016–17 and 2017–18 season she was the top scorer of the Czech Women's First League.

International career
Svitková made her debut for the Czech national team in a February 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying 6–1 loss against Italy, and went on to lead the team's scoring in those qualifiers with 5 goals.

Career statistics

 * Scores and results list the Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Svitková goal.

Honours
Slavia Prague
 * Czech Women's First League: 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2019-20
 * Czech Women's Cup: 2014, 2016

Chelsea
 * FA Women's Super League: 2022–23
 * Women's FA Cup: 2022–23

Media and broadcasting
Svitková joined Canal+ Sport in their Premier League coverage as studio analyst, as well as she joined ČT Sport in their UEFA Euro 2024 coverage.