{{short description|Czech former professional footballer (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jan Rajnoch | image = Jan Rajnoch Pic.JPG | caption = Rajnoch in 2010 | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|09|30}} | birth_place = Frýdlant, Czechoslovakia | height = 1.86 m | position = Centre-back, defensive midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1991–2001 | youthclubs1 = Sparta Prague | years1 = 2001–2002 | clubs1 = Sparta Prague | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2001–2002 | clubs2 = → Mladá Boleslav (loan) | caps2 = 19 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2002 | clubs3 = → SC Xaverov (loan) | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2003–2004 | clubs4 = FC Bohemians Prague | caps4 = 25 | goals4 = 9 | years5 = 2004–2006 | clubs5 = 1. FC Slovácko | caps5 = 76 | goals5 = 3 | years6 = 2006–2010 | clubs6 = Mladá Boleslav | caps6 = 82 | goals6 = 19 | years7 = 2009 | clubs7 = → Energie Cottbus (loan) | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2010–2011 | clubs8 = Ankaragücü | caps8 = 54 | goals8 = 5 | years9 = 2012–2013 | clubs9 = Sivasspor | caps9 = 40 | goals9 = 4 | years10 = 2013–2014 | clubs10 = Adana Demirspor | caps10 = 16 | goals10 = 2 | years11 = 2014 | clubs11 = Slovan Liberec | caps11 = 13 | goals11 = 1 | years12 = 2014–2016 | clubs12 = Sigma Olomouc | caps12 = 14 | goals12 = 0 | totalcaps = 352 | totalgoals = 45 | nationalyears1 = 2008–2011 | nationalteam1 = Czech Republic | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Jan Rajnoch''' (born 30 September 1981) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe11933/jan-rajnoch/ | title = Jan Rajnoch | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 19 July 2013 | archive-date = 16 December 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191216162422/http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/jan-rajnoch/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
== Club career == Rajnoch's career started at AC Sparta Prague's youth academy, playing with prominent Czech talents Tomáš Hübschman and Tomáš Jun. However, he never made an appearance for the senior team. After spells at Bohemians Praha and 1. FC Slovácko he joined Czech Gambrinus liga outfit FK Mladá Boleslav in September 2006. Here he quickly established himself as a key player and became an integral part of the team, playing an important role in their UEFA Cup campaign wins against Olympique de Marseille<ref>http://www.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/30/11.pdf{{Dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref> and Palermo. In the 2007–08 season, he was made captain.
=== Switch to Germany === On 7 January 2009, Rajnoch made a loan move to German side FC Energie Cottbus<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=988849.html |title=Cottbus clinch loan Rajnoch |publisher=FIFA |date=7 January 2009 |accessdate=19 July 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220110948/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid%3D988849.html |archivedate=20 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> where he played out the rest of the season making 10 appearances in the Bundesliga. However Cottbus could not avoid relegation and Rajnoch returned to Boleslav.
=== Turkey === Rajnoch moved to Turkish Süper Lig outfit MKE Ankaragücü in 2010 on a three-and-a-half-year contract. He scored an own goal against Galatasaray on 2 October 2011 which became Galatasaray's 3000th goal in league history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/futbol/18896908.asp|title="3000. gol Rajnoch'un değil Kazım'ın golü"|language=Turkish|work=Hürriyet|date=4 October 2011|accessdate=29 November 2014|archive-date=14 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214012023/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/futbol/18896908.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>
== International career == Rajnoch played for the Czech Republic national team. He made his international debut on 20 August 2008 in a friendly against England at Wembley Stadium where he came on as a substitute for Radoslav Kováč in the 76th minute. The game ended in a 2–2 draw.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/england-2-czech-republic-2-cole-grabs-late-leveller-but-boos-ring-out-for-lamentable-england-904199.html | title = England 2 Czech Republic 2: Cole grabs late leveller but boos ring out for lamentable England | work = The Independent | date = 21 August 2008 | accessdate = 19 July 2013 | archive-date = 25 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190425005739/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/england-2-czech-republic-2-cole-grabs-late-leveller-but-boos-ring-out-for-lamentable-england-904199.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
== Style of play == He played as a defender or sometimes as a defensive midfielder.<ref>{{Fotbal DNES|id=3001259}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{FACR player}} * {{NFT player|15684}} * {{Soccerway|jan-rajnoch/14896}}
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