Jan Polák

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Personal information
Jan Polák
Full name	Jan Polák
Date of birth	March 14, 1981 (age 26)
Place of birth	Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height	181cm
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Nürnberg
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-02 2003-05 2005-	1. FC Brno Slovan Liberec FC Nürnberg	124 (5) 65 (5) 45 (4)
National team²
1999-	Czech Republic	21 (5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 16, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 22, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

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, making Polák 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.

Jan Polak was also a Polish engineer, who constructed for Mostostal several guyed masts, as the mast of FM- and TV-mast Zygry and Warsaw Radio Mast, the tallest structure built so far.

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(Czech) ČMFS entry

	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 \| 13 Saenko \| 16 Heffernan \| 18 Klewer \| 19 Kristiansen \| 20 Kennedy \| 21 Schroth \| 22 Engelhardt \| 23 Spiranovic \| 24 Greško \| 25 Pinola \| 26 Weber \| 28 Reinhardt \| 30 Stephan \| 31 Paulus \| 32 Benko \| 33 Vittek \| 34 Huber \| 35 Pagenburg \| 36 Mnari