Antonín Svoboda (footballer)

Antonín Svoboda

Personal information
Date of birth	(2002-03-14) 14 March 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Brno, Czech Republic
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Vyškov
Number	14
Youth career
0000–2018	FC Zbrojovka Brno
2018–2020	Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2021	FC Liefering	22	(1)
2021–2023	MFK Karviná	25	(1)
2022–2023	→ FC Vlašim (loan)	23	(5)
2023	SK Líšeň	1	(0)
2024–	MFK Vyškov	14	(0)
International career^‡
2017	Czech Republic U15	7	(1)
2017–2018	Czech Republic U16	12	(3)
2018–2019	Czech Republic U17	9	(6)
2019–2020	Czech Republic U19	9	(1)
2021–2022	Czech Republic U20	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:34, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[1] ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 September 2021[1]

Antonín Svoboda (born 14 March 2002) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Czech National Football League club MFK Vyškov.

Club career

Early career

He started his career with FC Zbrojovka Brno. On 22 August 2018 he joined the Red Bull Football Academy in Salzburg. He war also part of the UEFA Youth League team 2019–20. At the beginning of the 2020–21 season he was transferred to FC Liefering.

Svoboda made his debut for Austrian Second League side FC Liefering in September 2020 against FC Wacker Innsbruck. He came in 69th minute for Chukwubuike Adamu.

He made his debut for the senior team of Red Bull Salzburg on 25 February 2021 in a Europa League Round of 32 game against Villarreal, as an added time substitute.^[2]

Return to the Czech Republic

In the 2021–22 season Svoboda played in the Czech First League for MFK Karviná, for whom he made 25 league appearances. He then joined FC Vlašim on loan in the second league, for the 2022–23 season.^[3]

In August 2023, Svoboda joined SK Líšeň, also of the second league. His first appearance was as an injury time substitute in a league game versus Kroměříž.^[4] He made no further league appearances and played the first half of a second round match in the Czech Cup before agreeing to terminate his contract with Líšeň; Svoboda subsequently signed for second league side MFK Vyškov in January 2024.^[5]

Honours

FC Liefering

Runner-up

• Austrian Football First League: 2021

References

1. Antonín Svoboda at WorldFootball.net
2. "Villarreal v Red Bull Salzburg game report". UEFA. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
3. Jícha, Ondřej (19 August 2022). "Vlašim posiluje. V týmu přivítala dvě nové tváře". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 14 December 2024.
4. Tručka, Jakub (30 August 2023). "Kamarádí s Hložkem, pálil i s Haalandem. V Líšni ale Svoboda začal v béčku". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 14 December 2024.
5. Tručka, Jakub (10 January 2024). "Trénoval s Haalandem, nyní míři k lídrovi. Vyškov lovil v Líšni, přivádí Svobodu". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 14 December 2024.