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Jan Baránek Jr.

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Jan Baránek
Baránek in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-06-26) 26 June 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Opava, Czech Republic
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Baník Ostrava 38 (3)
2015–2018 Viktoria Plzeň 39 (5)
Total 77 (8)
International career
2013 Czech Republic U20 1 (0)
2013–2015 Czech Republic U21 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Baránek Jr. (born 26 June 1993) is a Czech professional footballer who played as a defender for Baník Ostrava and FC Viktoria Plzeň in the Czech First League. His father is former football midfielder Jan Baránek and his uncle is Vít Baránek.

Baránek has played international football at under-21 level for Czech Republic U21.

A string of serious knee injuries prevented him from playing any competitive matches for 18 months between July 2016 and January 2018.[1] In February 2018, unable to fully recover from his injuries, he retired from professional football at the age of 24.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Plzeň se loučí s Baránkem. Kvůli kolenu nejspíš dřív ukončí smlouvu - iSport.cz". iSport.cz. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Smutný osud plzeňského Baránka. Vleklé zranění a konec ve 24 letech". iDNES.cz. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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