Jan Polák

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Personal information
Jan Polák
Full name	Jan Polák
Date of birth	14 March 1981
Place of birth	Brno, Czech Republic
Height	181cm
Position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Nürnberg
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1996-02 2003-05 2005-	1. FC Brno Slovan Liberec FC Nürnberg	124 (5) 65 (5) 44 (4)
National team**
1999-	Czech Republic	21 (5)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 November 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 22 June 2006.

Jan Polák (born 14 March 1981 in Brno) is a Czech international footballer. He currently plays for the German Bundesliga team 1. FC Nürnberg.

Polák recently helped his national team to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Germany between 9 June and 9 July 2006, making ten appearances and scoring four goals.

In 2005 he was transferred from the Czech Premier League team FC Slovan Liberec for a fee of €1,500,000. In the same year he played for the first time under Czech national coach Karel Brückner, who quickly recognized his qualities so that Polák became a regular selection for the national team.

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 his younger days he played for 1. FC Brno and Tatran Bohunice.

	Czech Republic squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Čech \| 2 Grygera \| 3 Mareš \| 4 Galásek \| 5 Kováč \| 6 Jankulovski \| 7 Sionko \| 8 Poborský \| 9 Koller \| 10 Rosický \| 11 Nedvěd \| 12 Lokvenc \| 13 Jiránek \| 14 Jarolím \| 15 Baroš \| 16 Blažek \| 17 Štajner \| 18 Heinz \| 19 Polák \| 20 Plašil \| 21 Ujfaluši \| 22 Rozehnal \| 23 Kinský \| Coach: Brückner

1. FC Nürnberg - Current Squad
1 Schäfer \| 3 Beauchamp \| 4 Gláuber \| 5 Wolf \| 6 Galásek \| 7 Nikl \| 8 Polák \| 9 Sibon \| 10 Banović \| 11 Mintál \| 16 Heffernan \| 18 Klewer \| 19 Kristiansen \| 20 Kennedy \| 21 Schroth \| 22 Engelhardt \| 23 Saenko \| 24 Greško \| 25 Pinola \| 26 Weber \| 28 Reinhardt \| 30 Stephan \| 31 Paulus \| 32 Benko \| 33 Vittek \| 34 Huber \| 35 Pagenburg \| 36 Mnari