Jan Rajnoch

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Jan Rajnoch
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Rajnoch in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-09-30) 30 September 1981 (age 41)
Place of birth Frýdlant, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Youth career
1991–2001 Sparta Prague
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2002 Sparta Prague 0 (0)
2001–2002 → Mladá Boleslav (loan) 19 (2)
2002 → SC Xaverov (loan) 3 (0)
2003–2004 FC Bohemians Prague 25 (9)
2004–2006 1. FC Slovácko 76 (3)
2006–2010 Mladá Boleslav 82 (19)
2009 → Energie Cottbus (loan) 10 (0)
2010–2011 Ankaragücü 54 (5)
2012–2013 Sivasspor 40 (4)
2013–2014 Adana Demirspor 16 (2)
2014 Slovan Liberec 13 (1)
2014–2016 Sigma Olomouc 14 (0)
Total352(45)
International career
2008–2011 Czech Republic 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Rajnoch (born 30 September 1981) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. [1]

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Club career

Rajnoch's career started at AC Sparta Prague's youth academy, playing with prominent Czech talents Tomáš Hübschman and Tomáš Jun. However, he never made an appearance for the senior team. After spells at Bohemians Praha and 1. FC Slovácko he joined Czech Gambrinus liga outfit FK Mladá Boleslav in September 2006. Here he quickly established himself as a key player and became an integral part of the team, playing an important role in their UEFA Cup campaign wins against Olympique de Marseille [2] and Palermo. In the 2007–08 season, he was made captain.

Switch to Germany

On 7 January 2009, Rajnoch made a loan move to German side FC Energie Cottbus [3] where he played out the rest of the season making 10 appearances in the Bundesliga. However Cottbus could not avoid relegation and Rajnoch returned to Boleslav.

Turkey

Rajnoch moved to Turkish Süper Lig outfit MKE Ankaragücü in 2010 on a three and a half year contract. He scored an own goal against Galatasaray on 2 October 2011 which became Galatasaray's 3000th goal in league history. [4]

International career

Rajnoch played for the Czech Republic national team. He made his international debut on 20 August 2008 in a friendly against England at Wembley Stadium where he came on as a substitute for Radoslav Kováč in the 76th minute. The game ended in a 2–2 draw. [5]

Style of play

He played as a defender or sometimes as a defensive midfielder. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Jan Rajnoch". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/30/11.pdf%5B%5D
  3. ↑ "Cottbus clinch loan Rajnoch". FIFA. 7 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  4. ↑ ""3000. gol Rajnoch'un değil Kazım'ın golü"". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 4 October 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "England 2 Czech Republic 2: Cole grabs late leveller but boos ring out for lamentable England". The Independent. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  6. ↑ Jan Rajnoch – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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