Jan Daněk (born 22 November 1982) is a
Czech
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** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
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* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
former
footballer
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who played as a
defender. He played in the
Czech First League
The Czech First League () also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from A ...
for
Baník Ostrava
''Baník'' is a Slovak word meaning "miner". Since the 1950s it has been part of the name of various sports clubs in Czechoslovakia associated mostly with coal mining regions. In Poland, the same practice was conducted with the name ''górnik''.
...
. He is the son of
Václav Daněk
Václav Daněk (born 22 December 1960) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played 22 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored nine goals. At club level in total, Daněk scored 197 league goals in 402 games.
Club ...
, who played football for
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
as a striker.
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1982 births
Living people
Czech men's footballers
FC Baník Ostrava players
FK Viktoria Žižkov players
FK Dukla Prague players
Men's association football defenders
21st-century Czech sportsmen
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