Jan Polák (footballer, born 1989)

Jan Polák (born 26 March 1989) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Jan Polák
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-03-26) 26 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Liberec, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Slovan Liberec
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Slovan Liberec 58 (1)
2009Viktoria Plzeň (loan) 1 (0)
2010–2011Ústí nad Labem (loan) 26 (0)
2012–2014 Piast Gliwice 57 (1)
2014–2016 Juve Stabia 52 (2)
2016–2017 Cremonese 15 (0)
2017 Slovan Liberec 0 (0)
2017–2018 Casertana 37 (0)
2019 Teramo 16 (0)
2019–2021 Südtirol 37 (0)
International career
2004–2005 Czech Republic U16 12 (0)
2005–2006 Czech Republic U17 20 (0)
2006 Czech Republic U18 6 (0)
2007–2008 Czech Republic U19 17 (0)
2008 Czech Republic U21 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Czech Republic
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up 2006 Luxembourg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career edit

Polak joined Polish first division club Piast Gliwice in August 2012[1] and played with them for two seasons.

In September 2014, he was confirmed as having been signed by Italian Lega Pro (third division) outfit Juve Stabia on a free transfer.[2] In the summer of 2016 accords with Cremonese.

In early 2017, he returned to Slovan Liberec.[3]

On 24 January 2019, he signed with Serie C club Teramo.[4]

On 15 July 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Südtirol.[5] He left the club at the end of 2020–2021 season.[6]

Honours edit

Slovan Liberec

References edit

  1. ^ "Czeski obrońca wzmocni Piasta?" (in Polish). piast.gliwice.pl. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  2. ^ "La Juve Stabia preleva il difensore Polak e il centrocampista Cicman dalla Repubblica Ceca" (in Italian). Resport.it. 10 September 2014. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  3. ^ Jan Polák: Obnovený debut jsem si představoval jinak‚ fcslovanliberec.cz, 3 April 2017
  4. ^ "Firmato il difensore ceco Polak" (in Italian). Teramo. 24 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Der erfahrene Jan Polak für die FCS-Verteidigung" (Press release) (in German). Südtirol. 15 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Fink verlängert beim FCS: „Das Abenteuer geht weiter"". SportNews.bz (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Jan Polák". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 March 2024.

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