| Tomáš Čvančara | |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 2000[1] |
| Birth Place: | Neratovice, Czech Republic |
| Height: | 1.90 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Clubnumber: | 31 |
| Youthyears1: | –2018 |
| Youthclubs1: | Slavia Prague |
| Youthyears2: | 2018–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | Jablonec |
| Youthyears3: | 2019 |
| Youthclubs3: | → Empoli (loan) |
| Years1: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Jablonec |
| Caps1: | 24 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Years2: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs2: | → Slavoj Vyšehrad (loan) |
| Caps2: | 21 |
| Goals2: | 13 |
| Years3: | 2021 |
| Clubs3: | → Opava (loan) |
| Caps3: | 10 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | Sparta Prague |
| Caps4: | 39 |
| Goals4: | 19 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Caps5: | 31 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017-2018 |
| Nationalteam1: | Czech Republic U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 6 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | Czech Republic U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam3: | Czech Republic U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam4: | Czech Republic |
| Nationalcaps4: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 9 November 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 27 March 2023 |
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.
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,[2] scoring one goal in 10 league matches.[3]
Čvančara spent the 2019–20 season on loan at Czech second division club Slavoj Vyšehrad, where he scored 13 times in 21 league appearances.[4]
At the beginning of 2020–21 Czech First League, Čvančara was sent to Opava on loan.[5]
On 20 December 2021, Čvančara signed a multi-year contract with Czech giants Sparta Prague,[6] 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.[7] He missed the rest of the season due to a thigh muscle injury.[8]
In the 2022-23 Czech First League, he scored 12 goals in 24 appearances for the club.[9]
On 14 July 2023, Čvančara signed a five-year contract with German side Borussia Mönchengladbach.[10] On 22 July 2023, he scored in the first three minutes in his debut, a friendly match against 1. FC Saarbrücken.[11] In a 5–1 victory against VFB Stuttgart on 29 July, Čvančara scored an excellent hat-trick with a freekick to complete it, leading Borussia Mönchengladbach to win the pre-season tournament.[12]
On 11 August 2023, Čvančara 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.[13] On 19 August, he scored his first two Bundesliga goals in a 4-4 draw with FC Augsburg, including a last-minute penalty he scored to equalize.[14]
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.[15]
In May 2023, Čvančara and his then-Sparta Prague teammate Jan Mejdro were allegedly caught with drug abuse; Čvančara was tested negative.[16]
| Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Jablonec | 2017–18 | Czech First League | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 9 | |||
| Total | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 10 | |||
| Slavoj Vyšehrad (loan) | 2019–20 | Fortuna národní liga | 21 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 13 | ||
| Opava (loan) | 2020–21 | Czech First League | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Sparta Prague | 2021–22 | Czech First League | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | |
| 2022–23 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 15 | |||
| Total | 39 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 24 | |||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | 24 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | 36 | 6 | ||||
| Career total | 126 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 152 | 53 | |||
Czech Republic score listed first, score column indicates score after each Čvančara goal.
| scope=col | No. | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Venue | scope=col | Cap | scope=col | Opponent | scope=col | Score | scope=col | Result | scope=col | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 March 2023 | Fortuna Arena, Prague, Czech Republic | 1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
Sparta Prague