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.
Club career
NK Krka A forward or winger, Novak began his career in his native Slovenia with NK Krka in 2004. 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. Despite scoring prolifically for the youth teams, 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.
Brentford During the 2016–17 pre-season, Novak travelled to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on trial. 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. Novak made 32 appearances and scored six goals before his release at the end of the 2017–18 season.
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 27 appearances and scored five goals during the 2018–19 season. Upon the expiration of his contract on 1 July 2019, Novak joined Second League club NK Drava Ptuj on a free transfer. He made 19 appearances and scored two goals during the truncated 2019–20 season and transferred back to NK Krka on 7 August 2020. Novak made just five appearances and transferred to Ljubljana Regional League club NK Trebnje during the 2021–22 off-season. He made 103 appearances and scored 37 goals over the course of the 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 and 2025–26 seasons.
International career Novak won four U18 caps for Slovenia in 2014.
Career statistics
+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsNK Krka2014–15Slovenian PrvaLiga2010302015–16Slovenian PrvaLiga3000302016–17Slovenian Second League14261203Total19271263NK Krka2018–19Slovenian Second League26510275NK Drava Ptuj2019–20Slovenian Second League18210192NK Krka2020–21Slovenian Second League302252NK Trebnje2021–22Ljubljana Regional League198—1982022–23Ljubljana Regional League185101952023–24Ljubljana Regional League166111772024–25Ljubljana Regional League23102025102025–26Ljubljana Regional League217102272026–27Ljubljana Regional League001000Total97366110337Career total1624515317147
References
External links Jan Novak at NZS