Jan Polák

Football player infobox| playername= Jan Polák
fullname = Jan Polák
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|3|14
cityofbirth = Brno
countryofbirth = Czechoslovakia
height = height|meters=1.81
currentclub = Anderlecht
clubnumber = 8
position = midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1996—2002 2003—2005 2005—2007 2007—
clubs = 1. FC Brno Slovan Liberec 1. FC Nuremberg Anderlecht
caps(goals) = 124 (5) 065 (5) 062 (4) 023 (2)
nationalyears = 1999—
nationalteam = Czech Republic
nationalcaps(goals) = 033 (6)
pcupdate = 2 April 2008
ntupdate = 12 September 2007

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.

References

* [http://www.fotbal.cz/c/nat/players/viewstat.asp?name=PolakJan ČMFS entry]
* [http://www.anderlecht-online.be/article.php?id=7455&lang=eng&from=home Anderlecht Online English]

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=