Jan Polák

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Jan Polák
Personal information
Full name	Jan Polák
Date of birth	14 March 1981 (1981-03-14) (age 28)
Place of birth	Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Anderlecht
Number	8
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–2002 2003–2005 2005–2007 2007–	Brno Slovan Liberec Nuremberg Anderlecht	124 0(5) 065 0(5) 062 0(4) 055 0(4)
National team2
0000–2002 1999–	Czech Republic U21 Czech Republic	048 0(6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 July 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Jan Polák (born 14 March 1981 in Brno) is a Czech international footballer. He currently plays for the Belgian team R.S.C. Anderlecht.

In his younger days he played for 1. FC 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.

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

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

[edit] Honours

German Cup: 2007

Belgian Cup: 2008

[edit] References

• ČMFS entry (Czech)
• Anderlecht Online English
• National Football Teams

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