Domen Novak (handballer)

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Domen Novak
Personal information
Born (1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 26)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nationality Slovenian
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club HSG Wetzlar
Number 75
Youth career
YearsTeam
2006–2015
ŠD RK Krim
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2015–2017
ŠD RK Krim
2017–2018
RD Slovan
2018–2019
MRD Dobova
2019–2021
RK Celje
2021–
HSG Wetzlar
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Slovenia 57 (107)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 26 January 2025

Domen Novak (born 26 April 1998) is a Slovenian handball player who plays as a right winger for HSG Wetzlar and the Slovenia national team.

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Career

Novak has represented Slovenia at the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship. At the latter, though he played a minor role in the tournament as a whole, he scored three goals in a victory over Denmark. [1] At club level, he won the Slovenian First League in 2020 with RK Celje. He signed for HSG Wetzlar for the 2021–22 season as a replacement for Kristian Bjørnsen. [2] On 3 October 2023, he scored nine goals as Wetzlar won 32–31 against THW Kiel in a DHB-Pokal match. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Slovenia beat Denmark for a trip to Cologne!". Handball Planet. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ""Perfekter Ersatz für Kristian Björnsen": HSG Wetzlar verpflichtet slowenischen Nationalspieler". Handball World (in German). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. "HSG Wetzlar kegelt den Meister raus". Hessenschau (in German). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. "Kiels Krise spitzt sich zu: THW scheitert im Pokal am Bundesliga-Vorletzten". Kicker (in German). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.