Tomáš Čvančara

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.

Early career
On 11 March 2018, Čvančara debuted for Jablonec as a starter against Baník Ostrava in a 2:0 victory.

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. 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 July 22nd, 2023, Cvancara scored in the first 3 minutes against 1. FC Saarbrücken and was his debut, but a friendly. In the match against VFB Stuttgart, Borussia won 5-1, while Tomas scored an excellent hattrick including a freekick to complete it, and which they won the mini pre-season tournament. On 11 August 2023, he 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 2023, Čvančara 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.

International

 * Czech Republic score listed first, score column indicates score after each Čvančara goal.

Honours
Sparta Prague
 * Czech First League: 2022–23