Jan Baránek Jr.

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.

Jan Baránek

Baránek in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-06-26) 26 June 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Opava, Czech Republic
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Zbrojovka Brno (assistant)
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)
Managerial career
2023–2025	Czech Republic U21 (assistant)
2025–	Zbrojovka Brno (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]