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.
| Date of birth | 15 February 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He is currently CEO and owner[1] of Infonia s.r.o., a webdesign company.
Early life
editHe 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
editHe played his final match on 16 December 2009 in a 17–5 win against Hong Kong in Prague, aged 37 years.
References
editExternal links
edit- (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