Jan Kopic (born 4 June 1990) is a Czech professional

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er who plays as a

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for

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in the

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. He has represented the Czech Republic at under-21 level. Kopic is the younger brother of Czech footballer Milan Kopic.

International career

Kopic was called up to the Czech Republic for the first time ahead of the June 2014

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against

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. In 2016, Kopic scored his first goal for the Czech senior squad in a friendly match against

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, ending in a 3–0 victory for the Czechs.

Career statistics

Club

:''Scores and results list the Czech Republic's goal tally first.''

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* * * Living people 1990 births People from Humpolec Czech men's footballers Footballers from the Vysočina Region Men's association football midfielders Czech Republic men's international footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech First League players Czech National Football League players FC Vysočina Jihlava players FK Jablonec players FC Viktoria Plzeň players FK Čáslav players 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-footy-midfielder-stub