Barbora Votíková

Barbora Votíková (born 13 September 1996) is a Czech women's football goalkeeper playing in SK Slavia Prague and in the national team.[1] Also known as 'Bára', she is also a YouTuber, author, comedian, and presenter.[2]

Barbora Votíková
Barbora Votíková in November 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-13) 13 September 1996
Place of birth Plzeň, Czech Republic
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Slavia Praha
Number 33
Youth career
Plasy
Plzeň
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Plzeň
2014– Slavia Praha 55 (0)
National team‡
2014– Czech Republic 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:21, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:21, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Football career

TJ Sokol Plasy

Born in Plasy, Barbora started as a teenager in the local football club TJ Sokol Plasy, where she played with boys.

FC Viktoria Plzeň

Later she played in FC Viktoria Plzeň. In 2013 when she was age 17, she started to play in the senior A team.

SK Slavia Prague

In 2014 SK Slavia Prague selected Barbora and this year she played the UEFA Champions League for the first time.[3] In the 2014/2015 season she won the domestic league title. Votíková helped Slavia reach the quarter-finals of the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League.[4]

YouTube

On 12 April 2015 she started a YouTube channel, and on 11 November 2019 it has over 77 million views.[5]

Personal life

In 2019, a book called Bára Votíková: Trochu jinak (English: Bára Votíková: A Little Different) written by herself has been published.[6] She came out as lesbian in the book.[7]

References
  1. uefa.com. "Women's World Cup - Barbora Votíková". UEFA.com.
  2. "Bara Votikova: The YouTube sensation taking on Arsenal in Europe". 30 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. UEFA.com. "Barbora Votíková - Slavia Praha - UWCL". UEFA.com.
  4. "Chtěla bych mít víc modřin, říká mladá youtuberka a fotbalistka". IDNES.cz (in Czech). 9 July 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  5. "YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  6. "Bára Votíková – Trochu jinak". magazin.dobre-knihy.cz (in Czech). 10 July 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  7. "YouTube Talks: Youtuberka Bára Votíková řekla pravdu o své sexuální orientaci! Jak těžké bylo přiznat, že není na kluky?". iprima.cz (in Czech). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

This article contains translated text from Barbora Votíková from the Czech Wikipedia retrieved on 6 January 2019.


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