Editing Vratislav Lokvenc (section)

=== Late career ===
Lokvenc signed for [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]] in the summer of 2005, rejecting offers from [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] and [[Hertha BSC|Hertha Berlin]].<ref name=salztrans>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4617261.stm|title=Czech striker snubs Pompey offer|work=BBC Sport|date=7 June 2005|access-date=7 May 2014}}</ref> He described his move to Salzburg as "the best transfer of my life",<ref name=salztrans/> arriving around the same time as Germany national team players [[Thomas Linke]] and [[Alexander Zickler]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Joyce|url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/18-letter-from/1554-austria--red-bull-salzburg|title=Austria – Red Bull Salzburg|work=When Saturday Comes|date=September 2005|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> Lokvenc only played four league matches in [[2005–06 Austrian Football Bundesliga|his first season]] with the club before requiring surgery on an injury to his right knee in November.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ihned.cz/c4-10107050-17173200-000000_d|title=Operace vyřadí Lokvence na půl roku|language=cs|work=Hospodářské noviny|date=9 November 2005|access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref> He returned to the team in May 2006, taking part in a match for the first time since July 2005, as he made an appearance as a substitute in a 2–1 home loss against [[ASKÖ Pasching|Pasching]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/sionkuv-gol-nasmeroval-austrii-k-oslavam-f14-/fot_zahranici.aspx?c=A060505_231814_fot_zahranici_ot|title=Sionkův gól nasměroval Austrii k oslavám|language=cs|work=Mladá fronta DNES|date=7 May 2006|access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref> The club finished the season as league runners-up, behind [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Vienna]].<ref name=league0506>{{cite web|last1=Exenberger|first1=Andreas|last2=Stokkermans|first2=Karel|year=2006|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oost06.html|title=Austria 2005/06|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>

Lokvenc scored his first league goal of the [[2006–07 Austrian Football Bundesliga]] in a December match against [[SC Rheindorf Altach|Altach]], levelling the scores as the game finished 1–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/kanonadu-ajaxu-nastartoval-grygeruv-gol-ff7-/fot_zahranici.aspx?c=A061202_181922_fot_zahranici_min|title=Kanonádu Ajaxu nastartoval Grygerův gól|language=cs|work=Mladá fronta DNES|date=4 December 2006|access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref> The club went on to win the league in April 2007 with five matches of the season remaining.<ref name=league07>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01c0-0f8eef79579a-a55236b0a629-1000--salzburg-sizzling-after-title-triumph/|title=Salzburg sizzling after title triumph|work=[[UEFA]]|date=29 April 2007|access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>

In October 2007 Lokvenc scored the only goal in Salzburg's 1–0 UEFA Cup first round win against [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]] This was not enough for his team to advance, having lost 3–0 in the first leg of their two-legged tie.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01c6-0e6e9de18fa8-5100e182f8e1-1000--ajax-follow-french-pair-out-of-europe/|title=Ajax follow French pair out of Europe|work=[[UEFA]]|date=5 October 2007|access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> Lokvenc featured less for Salzburg in the 2007–08 season,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/lokvenc-odchazi-hostovat-do-basileje-dse-/fot_zahranici.aspx?c=A080216_132133_fot_zahranici_rou|title=Lokvenc odchází hostovat do Basileje|language=cs|work=Mladá fronta DNES|date=16 February 2008|access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> prompting him to join [[Swiss Super League]] team [[FC Basel|Basel]] on loan in February 2008 for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01ca-0e6efcb6f4db-69e562e5ee2c-1000--costanzo-counted-out-for-basel/|title=Costanzo counted out for Basel|work=[[UEFA]]|date=15 February 2008|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> He scored in Basel's 1–0 semi-final [[Swiss Cup]] victory against [[FC Thun|Thun]].<ref name=Schaub/> The club went on to win the [[2007–08 Swiss Super League|2008 league championship]] title and the [[2007–08 Swiss Cup|2008 Swiss Cup]].<ref name=basel08>{{cite web|last=Stokkermans|first=Karel|year=2008|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit08.html|title=Switzerland 2007/08|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=4 February 2015}}</ref>

Lokvenc returned to Germany in the summer of 2008, joining [[FC Ingolstadt 04|Ingolstadt]] of the [[2. Bundesliga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/lokvenc-bude-hrat-druhou-nemeckou-ligu-za-ingolstadt-pcv-/fot_zahranici.aspx?c=A080616_174417_fot_zahranici_mah|title=Lokvenc bude hrát druhou německou ligu za Ingolstadt|language=cs|work=Mladá fronta DNES|date=16 June 2008|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> On 17 August 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/ingolstadt-gegen-fuerth-2008-bundesliga-863420/analyse|title=Fink-Elf siegt zum Auftakt|work=Kicker-Sportmagazin|publisher=Olympia Verlag GmbH|date=17 August 2008|access-date=29 March 2020|language=de}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/ingolstadt-gegen-rostock-2008-bundesliga-863765/analyse|title=Leitl wendet das Blatt|work=Kicker-Sportmagazin|publisher=Olympia Verlag GmbH|date=5 October 2008|access-date=29 March 2020|language=de}}</ref> 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.