Jan Polák
Polák playing for the Czech national team |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jan Polák | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Brno, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Tatran Bohunice | |||
| 1991–1998 | Boby Brno | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–2002 | 1. FC Brno | 124 | (5) |
| 2003–2005 | Slovan Liberec | 65 | (5) |
| 2005–2007 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 62 | (4) |
| 2007–2011 | Anderlecht | 79 | (5) |
| 2011– | VfL Wolfsburg | 17 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2003 | Czech Republic U21 | 46 | (0) |
| 1999– | Czech Republic | 57 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:24, 21 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Jan Polák (born 14 March 1981 in Brno) is a Czech international footballer. He currently plays for the German team Wolfsburg.
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. He also holds the record for the most appearances for the Czech Republic under-21 team.
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 Polák. 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
[edit] References
- Jan Polák international stats at the Czech Football Association website (Czech)
- Official website
- Jan Polák at National-Football-Teams.com
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