Jan Novak (footballer, born 1997)

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Jan Novak
Personal information
Full name Jan Novak [1]
Date of birth (1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Slovenia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward, winger
Team information
Current team
 NK Trebnje
Number 7
Youth career
2004–2014 Krka
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Krka 18 (2)
2017–2018 Brentford 0 (0)
2018–2019 Krka 26 (5)
2019–2020 Drava Ptuj 18 (2)
2020–2021 Krka 3 (0)
2021– NK Trebnje 80 (32)
International career
2014 Slovenia U18 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:38, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

Jan Novak (born 4 October 1997) is a Slovenian professional footballer who as a forward for Ljubljana Regional League club NK Trebnje. He is a product of the NK Krka youth system and represented Slovenia at U18 level.

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Club career

NK Krka

A forward or winger, [3] Novak began his career in his native Slovenia with NK Krka in 2004. [4] He rose through the youth ranks to make his professional debut for the club at 16 years of age, with a late appearance as a substitute for Martin Kramarič in a 3–1 PrvaLiga defeat to NK Rudar Velenje on 23 August 2014. [5] Despite scoring prolifically for the youth teams, [4] it wasn't until after relegation to the Second League that Novak made a breakthrough into the first team, making 18 appearances and two goals during the first half of the 2016–17 season before departing the Portoval on 31 January 2017. [5]

Brentford

During the 2016–17 pre-season, Novak travelled to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on trial. [6] He was successful, but paperwork problems meant that he was unable to join the club until 31 January 2017, when he signed an 18-month contract for an undisclosed fee. [6] Novak made 32 appearances and scored six goals before his release at the end of the 2017–18 season. [7]

Return to Slovenia

On 22 August 2018, Novak returned to Slovenia to rejoin Second League club NK Krka on a one-year contract and made 26 appearances and scored five goals during the 2018–19 season. [4] [8] Upon the expiration of his contract on 1 July 2019, Novak joined Second League club NK Drava Ptuj on a free transfer. [5] He made 18 appearances and scored two goals during the truncated 2019–20 season and transferred back to NK Krka on 7 August 2020. [4] [9] [10] Novak made just three appearances and transferred to Ljubljana Regional League club NK Trebnje during the 2021–22 off-season. [4] [11] He made 76 appearances and scored 29 goals over the course of the 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons. [12] [13] [14] [15]

International career

Novak won four U18 caps for Slovenia in 2014. [16]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 September 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NK Krka 2014–15 [4] Slovenian PrvaLiga 201030
2015–16 [4] Slovenian PrvaLiga300030
2016–17 [4] Slovenian Second League 13240182
Total18250232
NK Krka 2018–19 [4] Slovenian Second League265—265
NK Drava Ptuj 2019–20 [4] Slovenian Second League18200182
NK Krka 2020–21 [4] Slovenian Second League300030
Total47750527
NK Trebnje2021–22 [12] Ljubljana Regional League 198—198
2022–23 [13] Ljubljana Regional League185—185
2023–24 [14] Ljubljana Regional League166—166
2024–25 [15] Ljubljana Regional League2310—2310
2025–26 [17] Ljubljana Regional League43—43
Total8032—8032
Career total145415015041
  1. ↑ Includes Slovenian Cup

References

  1. ↑ "EFL club list of registered players as at 20th May 2017" (PDF). p. 9. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Brentford B – Forward – Jan Novak". Brentford FC. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "NK Krka". www.nkkrka.com (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Jan Novak". www.prvaliga.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 Jan Novak at Soccerway . Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Slovenian striker Jan Novak signs for Brentford B from Nogometni Klub Krka" . Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Brentford B squad update" . Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Zapisnik 65. seje Registracijske komisije Nogometna zveza Slovenije z dne 21.08.2018" (PDF) (in Slovenian). p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Zapisnik 29. seje Registracijske komisije Nogometna zveza Slovenije z dne 06.08.2020" (PDF) (in Slovenian). p. 5. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Slovenian top football league to resume early June". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  11. ↑ "Člani z zmago pričeli novo sezono". Facebook (in Slovenian). 28 August 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  12. 1 2 "Medobčinska nogometna zveza ljubljana". www.mnzljubljana-zveza.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  13. 1 2 "Medobčinska nogometna zveza ljubljana". www.mnzljubljana-zveza.si. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Medobčinska nogometna zveza Ljubljana". www.mnzljubljana-zveza.si. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  15. 1 2 "Medobčinska nogometna zveza Ljubljana". www.mnzljubljana-zveza.si. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  16. ↑ "Jan Novak". www.nzs.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  17. ↑ "Medobčinska nogometna zveza Ljubljana". www.mnzljubljana-zveza.si. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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