Jan Polák facts for kids
Polák playing for the Czech national team
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| Full name | Jan Polák | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1981 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brno, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Central Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| Tatran Bohunice | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1998 | Zbrojovka Brno | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||
| 1998–2002 | Zbrojovka Brno | 124 | (5) | |||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Slovan Liberec | 65 | (5) | |||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 62 | (4) | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Anderlecht | 79 | (5) | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | VfL Wolfsburg | 73 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 39 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Zbrojovka Brno | 48 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| Total | 490 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1999–2003 | Czech Republic U21 | 45 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2011 | Czech Republic | 57 | (7) | |||||||||||||
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Honours
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Jan Polák (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈpolaːk]; born 14 March 1981) is a retired Czech footballer 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. He also holds the record for the most appearances for the Czech Republic under-21 team with 45 caps.
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
- Belgian First Division: 2009–10
- Belgian Cup: 2007–08
- Belgian Super Cup: 2010
See also
In Spanish: Jan Polák para niños
