Jan Polák

Jan Polák
	Polák playing for the Czech national team
Personal information
Full name	Jan Polák
Date of birth	14 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Central Midfielder
Youth career
	Tatran Bohunice
1991–1998	Zbrojovka Brno
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2002	Zbrojovka Brno
2003–2005	Slovan Liberec
2005–2007	1. FC Nürnberg
2007–2011	Anderlecht
2011–2014	VfL Wolfsburg
2014–2016	1. FC Nürnberg
2016–2018	Zbrojovka Brno
2018–2020	Prostějov
Total
International career
1999–2003	Czech Republic U21
1999–2011	Czech Republic
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Czech Republic
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2018

Jan Polák (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈpolaːk]; born 14 March 1981) is a retired Czech footballer^[2] who played as a midfielder.

Career

In his younger days he played for FC Zbrojovka Brno and Tatran Bohunice. Formerly a member of the Czech national under-21 side, Polák, alongside players like Petr Čech and Milan Baroš, was a part of the team which won the European Under-21 Football Championship in 2002.^[3] He also holds the record for the most appearances for the Czech Republic under-21 team with 45 caps.^[4]

In 2005, he was transferred from the Czech First League team FC Slovan Liberec for a fee of €1,500,000 to the Bundesliga side 1. FC Nürnberg. In the same year he played for the first time under Czech national coach Karel Brückner.

On 3 August 2007, Anderlecht bought Polák. He was given number 8. The Czech international reportedly cost €3.5 million and was at the time the second most expensive transfer in Anderlecht's history, as well as one of the highest paid players in Belgian football. He was Anderlecht's box-to-box midfielder playing a crucial role in their 2007–08 Jupiler League season and the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

Honours

1. FC Nürnberg

DFB-Pokal: 2006–07

Anderlecht

References

^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
^ "Jan Polák". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
^ "European U-21 Championship 2002 - Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ "Česko U21 - Historické statistiky - Nejvíce startů". Football Association of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

External links

Jan Polák at FAČR (also at old FAČR website) (in Czech)
Official website
Jan Polák at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.

[2] "Jan Polák". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

[3] "European U-21 Championship 2002 - Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

[4] "Česko U21 - Historické statistiky - Nejvíce startů". Football Association of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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