Jan Polák

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Jan Polák
Personal information
Full name Jan Polák
Date of birth March 14, 1981 (1981-03-14) (age 27)
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 clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996—2002
2003—2005
2005—2007
2007—		 1. FC Brno
Slovan Liberec
1. FC Nuremberg
Anderlecht		 124 (5)
065 (5)
062 (4)
023 (2)   
National team2
1999— Czech Republic 033 (6)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 2 April 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 September 2007.
* 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 August 3, 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.

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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
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Czech Republic squad - UEFA Euro 2008
1 Čech • 2 Grygera • 3 Polák • 4 Galásek • 5 Kováč • 6 Jankulovski • 7 Sionko • 8 Fenin • 9 Koller • 10 Svěrkoš • 11 Vlček • 12 Pospěch • 13 Kadlec • 14 Jarolím • 15 Baroš • 16 Blažek • 17 Matějovský • 18 Sivok • 19 Skácel • 20 Plašil • 21 Ujfaluši • 22 Rozehnal • 23 Zítka • Coach: Brückner
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R.S.C. Anderlecht – current squad

1 Zítka • 3 Deschacht • 4 Kruiswijk • 5 Biglia • 6 Van Damme • 7 Vlček • 8 Polák • 9 Mpenza • 10 Hassan • 11 Boussoufa • 12 Chatelle • 13 Proto • 14 Goor • 17 Losada • 18 Iakovenko • 22 Schollen • 23 Juhász • 24 Serhat • 26 Pareja • 27 Wasilewski • 29 Frutos • 30 Gillet • 31 De Man • 36 Legear • 40 Pieroni •  Kanu •  Rnić •  Suárez • Manager: Jacobs
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Persondata
NAME Polák, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Polák, Jan
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1981-3-14
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno, Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH