Jan Polák

January Polák (2009)

January Polák ( born March 14, 1981 in Brno ) is a Czech football player at the position of midfielder. He is currently at VfL Wolfsburg in the German Bundesliga under contract.

Club career

From his first club FC Tatran Bohunice January Polák moved to FC Boby Brno. His debut in the first league was Polák on 20 March 1998 at the age of 17 years and six days. Boby Brno lost the Derby FC Petra Drnovice with 0:4. After 124 games and five goals Polák changed in the summer of 2002 for about 20 million crowns for FC Slovan Liberec, where he signed a four -year contract.

In three years, he played 65 times nationally and internationally 17 times for his club. Most recently, he was a regular and was voted the best player of the season so far in the league, before he moved to 1.FC Nürnberg 2005/06 season for 1.2 million euros from Slovan Liberec for the Bundesliga. He made his debut (1st Round ) on August 6, 2005, the 0-3 defeat in the away match against Hamburger SV; He scored his first Bundesliga goal on May 2, 2006 ( 32 Matchday) in a 5-2 victory at home to Borussia Monchengladbach for interim 2-2 draw in the 60th minute. With the Club Polak won the DFB-Pokal in 2006/ 07.

Beginning of August 2007 changed Polák to the Brussels club RSC Anderlecht. The transfer fee is said to have stood at around 3.5 million euros. In his first year with the club he won his second consecutive National Cup and the following year he was a regular in the defensive midfield. In the league, Anderlecht was runner-up in two years. In the 2009/10 season, the Belgian champion took his record 30th league title. However, the Czech fell after a cruciate ligament injury shortly after the season starts long and only came on four missions.

The following year, in January Polák played in the first round back regularly for the Belgians, but when he during the winter break an offer of VfL Wolfsburg got, was looking for a gain after an unsatisfactory course of the season, he moved back to the end of January 2011 German Bundesliga. In the Lower Saxony came after he also used regularly and in his 10th season game, on 16 April 2011 ( 30th Round ) succeeded the deficit to 2-2 in the 89th minute in the home match against FC St. Pauli also his first Bundesliga goal for the " wolves ". Only in the last two games, as the relegation of the Wolves decided he was not summoned.

National

Polák graduated from the U- 15 team to the U-21 National team total of 106 inserts for Czech youth teams. In 2002, the midfielder won the European Championship with the U-21 national team. As early as 1999 had Polák debuts with only 18 years in the senior team. After a further application in 2000 it took five years before Polák was re-appointed. On his return on 9 February 2005 Polák also shot his first goal in the dress of the national team and helped his team to a 3-0 victory over Slovenia in Celje. Already in the next game on 26 March 2005 a 4-3 win over Finland in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, Polák met again. Also in the next game, a 8-1 win against Andorra, the midfielder hit the opponent's goal. His first double achieved Polák on 7 September 2005 in a 4-1 success of the Czechs against Armenia in Olomouc. His most recent hits in Czech Dress Polák shot on 27 October 2006 7-0 victory against San Marino.

With Polák Czech Republic took part in the 2006 World Cup in Germany and at the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland.

Polák played more 57 caps for the Czech Republic, where he scored seven goals ( April 3, 2012). In the successful qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2006, he scored four goals in ten games.

Achievements

• Belgian champion: 2010 ( with Anderlecht )
• Belgian Cup winner: 2008 ( with Anderlecht )
• German Cup: 2007 ( with the 1st FC Nuremberg)