Jan Blažek (born 20 March 1988) is a Czech

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who plays as a

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for TJ Slavoj Veleň. Blažek is known as a very talented as well as a somewhat controversial player, due to his conflicts with coaches and alcohol consumption. On his web site he stated his motto: ''Děvky, chlast a prcání'' (hookers, booze and fucking). The site also included many photographs of him drinking rum with cola. After Blažek's transfer to Slavia, the web site gained some attention of the media, resulting in motto being changed to ''věř v sám sebe'' (trust in yourself) and the controversial photographs were removed. In July 2011 Blažek returned to his mother club

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. On 24 July 2012, Blažek scored a goal against

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i club

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at the very end of the period of

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to level the result at 1–1 and enable his team to progress to the next round of the

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by an aggregate score of 2–1. He spent time at Greek second division side Aiginiakos in the autumn part of the 2014–15 season, before joining

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on loan in February 2015.

International career

On 15 November 2009, Blažek made his first appearance for the national team in a friendly game against United Arab Emirates.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blazek, Jan 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Trutnov Footballers from the Hradec Králové Region Men's association football forwards Czech men's footballers 21st-century Czech sportsmen Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers FC Slovan Liberec players SK Slavia Prague players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players Aiginiakos F.C. players FK Dukla Prague players FC Slavoj Vyšehrad players BV Cloppenburg players Czech First League players Czech National Football League players Bohemian Football League players Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players Ekstraklasa players III liga players Regionalliga players Landesliga players Czech expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Czech expatriate sportspeople in Greece Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany