Jan Holenda

Holenda began his football career at Sparta Prague. He played in the reserve side for one season as he made 34 appearances and scored twice in the 2003/04 season.

Loan spells

The next season, he joined First League side FK Drnovice on loan, scoring five goals in 25 appearances. The following season, he went out on loan again, this time to Slovan Liberec, making 18 appearances and scoring four times as Liberec won the league title. He would spend another season at the club and he would make his Champions League Qualification debut, coming on as a substitute, in a 0–0 draw against Russian side Spartak Moscow. However, Liberec lost 2–1 on aggregate and would go to the first round of the UEFA Cup. In the first round of UEFA Cup on the second leg, Holenda scored a winning goal in a 2–1 win over Red Star Belgrade and advanced to the Group Stage. However, the club was eliminated in the Group Stage. In the club's UEFA Cup campaign, Holenda played all the matches. In the second half of the season, Holenda returned to Sparta Prague after his first team there was limited and was loaned to České Budějovice for six months. After a loan spell at České Budějovice, he was loaned again, but this time to Baník Most in September. Holenda made his debut on 30 September 2007 in a 1–0 loss against České Budějovice. After making eight appearances playing 90 minutes without a rest, he returned to the parent club in January.

Return to Sparta Prague

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In his international career, he played in the youth Czech national team U-15, U-16, U-18, U-19 and U-21. In 2007, Holenda was involved in the squad for UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship but the national team U21 was placed last with one point.

Liberec

Czech First League: 2005–06

Sparta Prague

Czech Cup: 2007–08

Plzeň

Czech First League: 2014–15, 2015–16 Czech Supercup: 2015