Jan Golenda is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Prague Dukla. He is 31 years old, so the career is gradually nearing completion. Ian Golenda takes the position of the central striker.
Carier start
Jan Golenda was born on August 22, 1985 in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. Already at the age of six, he joined the football academy of the Prague club Motorlet. Where practiced for a long period of time. When he was twelve, Jan went through a show in one of the strongest clubs in the Czech Republic, Prague Sparta. He was accepted, and the guy joined the academy of this club, and then began to play for youth teams in various age categories. In 2003, he signed a professional contract with the club, but could not get into the base.
Since 2002, he played for the club’s double and after signing the contract he continued his performances there until 2004, when it was decided to rent the player so that he could get a full gaming experience. The first club Jan Golenda joined was Drnovice, where he played 25 matches and scored five goals. After that, he went for a year and a half to a stronger club, Slovan, which throughout the history of Czech football has constantly competed with Sparta. There Ian played 31 matches, scored six goals, and after returning from a lease in the winter of 2007, he again went for gaming experience.
This time he was leased to Dynamo from the city of Ceske Budejovice, where he spent six months, having played another 11 matches and scoring one goal. And in the summer of 2007, Golenda was rented for the last time - this time in the direction of "Banik" from the city of Most. There he played eight matches and returned to Sparta in December of that year. Since January 2008, Jan Golenda, whose biography already included many clubs by an early age, began to play for directly for Sparta. For two years in the club he spent 35 games and scored 6 goals, after which he was invited to the Russian club Anji.
Going to Anji
Ian Golenda is a footballer who, at Anji, was able to reach the peak of his career. When he signed a contract with the Makhachkala club, the guy was 23 years old - and for two and a half years he performed in the form of this club. Golenda played 43 matches, scoring 11 goals, after which he moved to Rostov, with which he entered into an agreement for two years.
The game for "Rostov"
Golenda spent one season in “Rostov”, having played 30 matches and scoring six goals, but then it was decided to rent it to “Tom”, as the player was clearly not suitable for “Rostov”. In “Tomi” he scored three goals in 21 matches, he did not at all convince the club management of his own need, so the contract with him was not extended. And in the summer of 2014, Jan Golenda returned to his homeland, signing an agreement with Victoria from Pilsen.
Performances at Victoria
Golenda signed a long-term contract with Victoria for four years, and two of them worked well for the football player. He played 36 matches, scored five goals in them, but still his age began to affect. Therefore, in the summer of 2016, Jan was leased to Bohemians, where the player played 11 matches and scored two goals. When the rental period came to an end, Golenda returned to Victoria, but there was no longer any place for him. Therefore, in January 2017, it was sold for 250 thousand euros at Dukla.
What's next?
Ian Golenda signed a contract with the new club for two and a half years, that is, the document will expire in the summer of 2019. In Dukla, which plays with one pure striker, he will have to fight for a place at the base with serious contenders, including Nigerian talent Peter Olayinka and budding Frenchman Jean-David Bogel. Moreover, in addition to Golenda, the club in winter already acquired a young Czech Patrick Brandner and a very young Nigerian Emmanuel Edmond. So the competition for a place at the base will be very high and Jan will have to try to break into the main team.