Domen Novak (handballer)

For the Slovenian cyclist (born 1995), see Domen Novak.

Domen Novak
Novak with SG Flensburg-Handewitt in 2025
Personal information
Born	(1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 27) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nationality	Slovenian
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Club information
Current club	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Number	63
Youth career
Years	Team
2006–2015	ŠD RK Krim
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2015–2017	ŠD RK Krim
2017–2018	RD Slovan
2018–2019	MRD Dobova
2019–2021	RK Celje
2021–2025	HSG Wetzlar
2025–	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(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 SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Slovenia national team.

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]}

References

1. "Slovenia beat Denmark for a trip to Cologne!". Handball Planet. 23 January 2024. 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.

External links

• Domen Novak at the International Handball Federation
• Domen Novak at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive )
• Domen Novak at Olympics.com
• Domen Novak at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Domen Novak at Team Slovenia (in Slovene)
• Domen Novak on Instagram