Jan Rezek

Jan Rezek (born 5 May 1982) is a former Czech professional footballer. At international level, he has represented the Czech Republic.

Career Rezek played for several top Czech clubs before and spent also one season in Russia at FC Kuban Krasnodar. In 2003, he won the Czech Cup with FK Teplice, one year later he won the cup with Sparta Prague. He won the Czech First League in 2006–2007 season with Sparta and also the FA cup in the same year. In 2010, he won the cup with FC Viktoria Plzeň. He is a member of the Czech Republic national football team. In 2011, Rezek was the subject of controversy when he appeared to dive to win the Czech Republic a penalty against Scotland national football team at Hampden Park. As a result, the Czech Republic qualified for Euro 2012 ahead of the Scots.

In July 2013, Rezek signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai. On 14 July, he made his debut and scored his first goal for Changchun in a 3–2 defeat against Shandong Luneng Taishan.

Career statistics Club

International goals Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 6 September 2011 Prague, Czech Republic 3–0 4-0 Friendly 2. 11 October 2011 Kaunas, Lithuania 0–2 1-4 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I 3. 11 October 2011 Kaunas, Lithuania 0–3 1-4 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I 4. 12 October 2012 Plzeň, Czech Republic 3–1 3-1 2014 World Cup qualifier

Honours

Club Teplice Czech Cup: 2003

Sparta Praha Czech First League: 2004–05, 2006–07 Czech Cup: 2007

Viktoria Plzeň Czech First League: 2010–11 Czech Cup: 2010

Anorthosis Famagusta PASP best goal of the week: 2012 (3rd 4th Match day)