Jan Polák
Personal information
Full name	Jan Polák
Date of birth	March 14, 1981 (1981-03-14) (age 27)
Place of birth	Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Anderlecht
Number	8
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996—2002 2003—2005 2005—2007 2007—	1. FC Brno Slovan Liberec 1. FC Nuremberg Anderlecht	124 (5) 065 (5) 062 (4) 023 (2)
National team2
1999—	Czech Republic	033 (6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 April 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 September 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

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 August 3, 2007 Anderlecht bought Polak. 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.

References

• (Czech) ČMFS entry
• Anderlecht Online English