Editing Vratislav Lokvenc (section)

===Early success===
Lokvenc was born into a football family; his father, also named Vratislav Lokvenc, played club football for [[FK Ústí nad Labem]] in the second football league of Czechoslovakia and later [[FK Náchod-Deštné|Náchod]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Radomír|last=Machek|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/lokvenc-daval-v-zacich-i-devadesat-golu-dyg-/fot_me2004.aspx?c=A040617_094627_fot_me2004_ot|title=Lokvenc dával v žácích i devadesát gólů|language=cs|work=Mladá fronta DNES|date=17 June 2004|access-date=7 May 2014}}</ref>
Born in 1973, Lokvenc started his professional career during the 1992–93 season with [[FC Hradec Králové|Hradec Králové]],<ref name=jerabek>{{cite book |last=Jeřábek|first=Luboš|title=Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů|year=2007|publisher=Grada Publishing|location=Prague|language=cs|isbn=978-80-247-1656-5|page=113}}</ref> joining [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]] in October 1994.<ref name=away>{{cite web|first=Jaromír|last=Novák|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/lokvenc-kdyz-chce-mit-fotbalista-vystarano-musi-ven-fyu-/fotbal.aspx?c=A000410231049fotbal_sop|title=Lokvenc: Když chce mít fotbalista vystaráno, musí ven|language=cs|work=Mladá fronta DNES|date=11 April 2000|access-date=7 May 2014}}</ref> He featured in the [[1995–96 UEFA Cup]] for Sparta, scoring the first goal and providing the pass for the second in a 2–1 win against Danish club [[Silkeborg IF]], whereby Sparta qualified on the [[away goals rule]] for the second round.<ref name=uefa95>{{cite web|first=Sakis|last=Kondos|url=http://www.praguepost.cz/archivescontent/21141-three-musketeers-go-to-round-two.html|title='Three Musketeers' Go to Round Two|work=The Prague Post|date=4 October 1995|access-date=7 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508111737/http://www.praguepost.cz/archivescontent/21141-three-musketeers-go-to-round-two.html|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He scored a goal shortly after entering the game as a substitute in a first round match of the [[1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] against Austrian side [[SK Sturm Graz|Sturm Graz]]; the match finished 2–2.<ref name=cwc96>{{cite web|first=Frantisek|last=Bouc|url=http://www.praguepost.cz/archivescontent/24697-crosstown-soccer-rivals-successful-in-theri-european-cup-excursions.html|title=Crosstown soccer rivals successful in their European Cup excursions|work=The Prague Post|date=18 September 1996|access-date=7 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508104642/http://www.praguepost.cz/archivescontent/24697-crosstown-soccer-rivals-successful-in-theri-european-cup-excursions.html|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Lokvenc spent six seasons at Sparta Prague, with whom he won five league titles and the 1995–96 [[Czech Cup]].<ref name=jerabek/> In March 2000, in a match against [[SK České Budějovice|České Budějovice]], Lokvenc scored four times for Sparta as the match finished 4–1.<ref name=4goals>{{cite web|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/lokvenc-hattrick-a-jeste-gol-navrch-dub-/fotbal.aspx?c=A000319183128fotbal_zej|title=Lokvenc: Hattrick a ještě gól navrch|language=cs|work=Mladá fronta DNES|date=19 March 2000|access-date=7 May 2014}}</ref> In doing so he became the third player in the Czech era to score four times in the same match, after [[Josef Obajdin]] and [[Robert Vágner]].<ref name=4goals/> Lokvenc scored twice in the [[Prague derby]] match against [[SK Slavia Prague|Slavia Prague]] in May 2000, in a 5–1 win which secured the league title for Sparta.<ref name=daughter>{{cite web|first=Frantisek|last=Bouc|url=http://www.praguepost.cz/archivescontent/31888-we-are-the-champions.html|title=We are the champions|work=The Prague Post|date=10 May 2000|access-date=7 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508102229/http://www.praguepost.cz/archivescontent/31888-we-are-the-champions.html|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was top scorer of the [[Czech First League]] in the 1999–2000 season with 22 goals,<ref name=jerabek-topscorers>{{cite book |last=Jeřábek|first=Luboš|title=Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů|year=2007|publisher=Grada Publishing|location=Prague|language=cs|isbn=978-80-247-1656-5|page=232}}</ref> tying the league record, which stood until David Lafata scored 25 goals during the [[2011–12 Czech First League|2011–12 season]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Miloslav|last=Novák|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/vratislav-lokvenc-nominace-na-nejlepsiho-utocnika-gambrinus-ligy-1ce-/fotbal.aspx?c=A130506_184111_fotbal_min|title=Ukradli mě, vzpomíná Lokvenc, jak místo na Žižkov přestoupil do Sparty|language=cs|work=Mladá fronta DNES|date=7 May 2013|access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>