Jan Macháček

Jan Macháček

Date of birth	(1972-02-15) 15 February 1972
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
University	Charles University in Prague
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, number eight, lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1990–1994 Slavia Prague () 1995 Dunedin Pirates () 2003–2004 Říčany () 2004–2014 Slavia Prague () 2015–2017 RA Olymp Praha () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1996–1998 Newport 61 (155) 1998–1999 Sale Sharks 11 (20) 1999–2000 Pontypridd 19 (25) 2000–2003 Clermont 30 (15) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–2009 Czech Republic 55

Jan Macháček (born 15 February 1972 in Prague) is a former Czech rugby player. He is one of arguably the two most famous Czech rugby players, along with Martin Jágr. He played for Newport RFC and Pontypridd RFC in Wales, Sale Sharks in England, Clermont Auvergne in France as well as the Barbarians.

He is currently CEO and owner of Infonia s.r.o., a webdesign company.

Early life

He was born in Prague and started playing rugby on account of his father Dušan having played. The first team he played for was the Czech Slavia Prague.

International career

He played his final match on 16 December 2009 in a 17–5 win against Hong Kong in Prague, aged 37 years.

External links

• (in Czech) Jan Macháček on slavia.rugby.cz
• Jan Macháček on historyofnewport.co.uk
• Jan Macháček on ponty.net
• Jan Macháček Archived 2010-01-31 at the Wayback Machine on ercrugby.com