Kristian Novak

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Kristian Novak
Personal information
Full name Kristian Sirum Novak [1]
Date of birth (1998-10-19) 19 October 1998 (age 25)
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender [1]
Youth career
0000–2014 Austrått
2014–2016 Ålgård
2017 Viking
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 Ålgård 50 (4)
2018 Viking 0 (0)
2019 Sola 11 (0)
2019–2020 Grorud 23 (0)
2021–2022 Jerv 22 (0)
2022–2023 Östersund 15 (0)
International career
2017 Norway U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2023

Kristian Sirum Novak (born 19 October 1998) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender.

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Career

Novak played youth football at Austrått and Ålgård, before starting his senior career with the latter in 2014. [2] Ahead of the 2017 season, he joined Viking's youth setup. A year later he was promoted to the senior squad, [3] but a knee injury kept him on the sideline for most of the 2018 season. [4] In 2019, he moved to Sola, and then Grorud. After two seasons with Grorud, he signed a contract with Jerv in January 2021. [2] [5] On 3 April 2022, he made his Eliteserien debut in a 1–0 win against Strømsgodset. [2]

Personal life

He is the son of a Norwegian mother and Croatian father. He hails from Håbafjell in Sandnes and is the older brother of Norwegian international handballer Kristina Novak. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kristian Novak at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 Kristian Novak at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. ↑ "Kristian Novak klar for Viking". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Alvorlig kneskade for Novak". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 23 February 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Novak har signert". FK Jerv (in Norwegian). 19 January 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Nærland, Egil Ø. (27 January 2018). "Dette søskenparet vil du høre mye om i årene som kommer". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). p. 64-65.


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