nationalcaps birth_date currentclub pcupdate years youthyears caps goals nationalyears image name caption fullname ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
46 57 14 march 1981 1 . fc nürnberg 15:48 , 30 august 2015 -lrb- utc -rrb- 1991 2011 -- 2014 2014 -- -- 1998 2005 -- 2007 2007 -- 2011 1991 -- 1998 124 65 62 79 73 29 5 5 4 5 2 1 1999 -- 2003 1999 -- 2011 jan polák 2009.jpg jan polák polák playing for the czech national team jan polák 8 may 2014 brno , czechoslovakia czech republic u21 czech republic 1.81 8 0 7 fc tatran bohunice boby brno fc anderlecht vfl wolfsburg 1 . fc nürnberg tatran bohunice boby brno 1 . fc nürnberg central midfielder jan polák

jan polák

jan polák -lrb- ; born 14 march 1981 -rrb- is a czech international footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1 .
fc nürnberg in the 2 .
bundesliga .
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 .
he also holds the record for the most appearances for the czech republic under-21 team .
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 nürnberg .
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 and is the second most expensive transfer in anderlecht 's history , as well as one of the highest paid players in belgian football .
he was anderlecht 's box-to-box midfielder playing a crucial role in their 2007 -- 08 jupiler league season and the 2007 -- 08 uefa cup .
