Vratislav Lokvenc

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vratislav Lokvenc
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 27, 1973(1973-09-27)
Age	51
Birthplace	Náchod
Country	Czech Republic
Horoscope	Virgo

Vratislav Lokvenc Biography

Vratislav Lokvenc is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on September 27, 1973 in Náchod, Czech Republic. Lokvenc was born in a football-related family and his father, known as Vratislav Lokvenc was a player in soccer for the club FK Usti nad Labem in the second league of Czechoslovakia and then Nachod. The birth of Lokvenc was in 1973. Lokvenc began his career in the 1992-93 season as a player for Hradec Kralove, joining Sparta Prague in the month of October 1994. He was part of 1995 and 1996 UEFA Cup for Sparta, scoring the opening goal and supplying the pass for the second one in the 2-1 victory over Danish team Silkeborg IF, whereby Sparta was able to qualify under the rule of away goals during the round two. He scored his first goal after he was introduced as a substitute in the first round game that was part of the 1996-97 winner of the UEFA Cup match against Austrian club Sturm Graz; the match ended at with a score of 2-2.

Lokvenc played in international football in his country, the Czech Republic. He took part in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup before going on to play in three major tournaments. He played three substitute games during Euro 2000 and played in one match at Euro 2004. His final international competition included in the 2006 World Cup, where Lokvenc played in two group matches , before being suspended for the third one due to suspension. In the end, Czech Republic did not qualify to play in the next round of the tournament and Lokvenc later retired out of the international game in the year 2006.

Lokvenc joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern of the German Bundesliga in 2000, agreeing to the move before the 2000 European Championship. Around the same time, a daughter was born to Lokvenc in May 2000. He scored six goals in an 11–1 friendly match win against an amateur side before the start of the season. In December 2000 Lokvenc scored in the UEFA Cup against Rangers, helping his team qualify for the last 16 of the competition. In the following round Kaiserslautern were paired with Slavia Prague; after the first match had finished goalless, Lokvenc scored the only goal in the second leg of their two-legged tie to eliminate the Czech team. He scored a hat-trick in the 2002–03 DFB-Pokal quarter-final against Bochum, a game which finished 3–3 but was won by Kaiserslautern after a penalty shoot-out. Lokvenc played in the final of the competition at the end of May 2003, but his side were beaten 3–1 by league winners Bayern Munich as the latter claimed the double.

Lokvenc scored twice as a substitute in a June 2003 qualification match against Moldova, scoring both goals with his head in a 5–0 win for his country. He played in one match at Euro 2004. He started the group match against Germany among a group of players which was described by the BBC as “very much a Czech second string”, but failed to score and was replaced by Milan Baroš after 59 minutes. The Czech Republic won the match, 2–1.

Lokvenc played for six seasons with Sparta Prague, with whom he took home five league titles as well as his first Czech Cup. The month of March, 2000 during an encounter with Ceske Budejovice, Lokvenc scored four times for Sparta when the game ended 4-1. He became the third person in the Czech time to score four goals in the same match following Josef Obajdin and Robert Vagner. Lokvenc scored two goals during the Prague derby in the Prague derby match against Slavia Prague on May 20, 2000. The result was the 5-1 win that earned the title of league champion for Sparta. Lokvenc was the top scorer in the Czech First League in the 1999-2000 campaign with 22 goals. He tied the record set by the league that stood for a while until David Lafata scored 25 goals in his 2011-12 campaign.

Vratislav Lokvenc Net Worth

Vratislav Lokvenc is one of the richest Association Football Player from Czech Republic. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vratislav Lokvenc 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Vratislav Lokvenc (Czech pronunciation: [‘vracIslaf’lokventsborn 27th Sept. 1973) is a Czech former professional footballer who was striker. After playing as a youth player for Nachod along with Hradec Kralove, he began his professional career in the second team. After the move into Sparta Prague he won five league titles and a cup, and also the league’s top scorer award. Later, he played in the United States playing for clubs across Germany, Austria and Switzerland for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, VfL Bochum, Red Bull Salzburg, FC Basel and FC Ingolstadt 04. He retired in 2009.

Lokvenc was a Czech national at the under-21 age group and scored seven goals in 13 games between 1993 between 1993 and 1995. He made his debut in the national Czech national side in the year 1995. Lokvenc played in the Czech Republic squad at the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup in Saudi Arabia. He was an extra in the group stage game with United Arab Emirates and started the third- place play-off game against Uruguay that was a victory for the Czech Republic won to finish third overall at the event.

At Euro 2000, Lokvenc made a substitute appearance in the Czech Republic’s opening game against the Netherlands, replacing Pavel Nedvěd after 89 minutes as the match resulted in a 1–0 win for the Dutch. He replaced Radek Bejbl in the second group match, against France, coming on after 49 minutes in the 2–1 loss. Lokvenc appeared in the third group match against Denmark, although due to both teams having lost both of their previous matches, neither team could advance to the next round of the competition. He came on after 79 minutes, replacing Vladimír Šmicer in a 2–0 win for his nation.

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Lokvenc scored his first league goal of the 2006–07 Austrian Football Bundesliga in a December match against Altach, levelling the scores as the game finished 1–1. The club went on to win the league in April 2007 with five matches of the season remaining.

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Vratislav Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Czech Republic. Vratislav Lokvenc celebrates birthday on September 27 of every year.

Lokvenc returned to Germany in the summer of 2008, joining Ingolstadt of the

2. Bundesliga. On August 17, 2008, the Czech played his first competitive match for FC Ingolstadt in a 3-2 victory against SpVgg Greuther Fürth on the first matchday of the second German Bundesliga. Lokvenc scored his first two goals on 5 October 2008 in a 4-2 win on the seventh matchday against Hansa Rostock (a relegated team from the Bundesliga). Vratislav Lokvenc played in 23 games and scored six goals. Nevertheless, FC Ingolstadt relegated from the second German Bundesliga at the end of the season. After the relegation, Lokvenc left the Bavarians and retires.