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| Full name | Jan Polák | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2010 | |||
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 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.
On 27 June 2010, Polak joined Turkish side Galatasaray SK after long and suspended negotiations with Anderlecht.
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| Czech Republic squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup | ||
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| Czech Republic squad – UEFA Euro 2008 | ||
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| R.S.C. Anderlecht – current squad | |
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