{{short description|Romanian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Caius Novac | image = | image_size = | fullname = <!-- if different --> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|08|17|df=y}}<ref name=RS>{{RomanianSoccer|1424/caius-novac}}</ref> | birth_place = Lipova, Romania<ref name=RS/> | death_date = Unknown | death_place = | height = | position = Defender<ref name=RS/> | years1 = 1940–1942 |clubs1 = Gloria Arad |caps1 = |goals1 = | years2 = 1942–1947 |clubs2 = Carmen București{{efn|name="CAR"|The Divizia A 1940–41 was the last season before World War II and the Divizia A 1946–47 was the first one after, so the appearances and goals scored during this period for Carmen București are not official with the exception of the 1945–46 regional championship.<ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com/2014/07/07/file-de-poveste-perioada-juventus-episodul-xxiv-ultimul-sut-aduce-promovarea/ | title=File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XXIV – "Ultimul șut aduce promovarea"| publisher=Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com| language=Romanian |trans-title=Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XXIV - "The Last Shot Gets the Promotion"| date=7 July 2014 | access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>}} |caps2 = 38 |goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1947–1948 |clubs3 = Ciocanul București |caps3 = 28 |goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1948–1951 |clubs4 = Dinamo București |caps4 = 59 |goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1952 |clubs5 = Dinamo Brașov |caps5 = 8 |goals5 = 0 | totalcaps = 133 | totalgoals = 2 | nationalyears1 = 1947 | nationalteam1 = Romania | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Caius Novac''' (born 17 August 1921, date of death unknown) was a Romanian football defender.<ref>{{NFT|37456}}</ref><ref>{{WorldFootball.net|caius-novac}}</ref> On 21 November 1948 he played in the first ever CSCA București – Dinamo București derby.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/dinamo-jucase-doar-10-meciuri-oficiale-cand-a-batut-o-pe-steaua-in-primul-derby-98962 | title=Dinamo jucase doar 10 meciuri oficiale când a bătut-o pe Steaua, în primul derby| publisher=Digisport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Dinamo had only played 10 official matches when they won against Steaua in the first derby| date=28 February 2014| access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.labtof.ro/romania/1948-1949/liga1/11/steaua-bucuresti-1-vs-dinamo-bucuresti-2-1830/|title= Steaua vs Dinamo Liga1 1948–1949|publisher=Labtof|access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref>
==International career== Novac made one appearance at international level for Romania, in a 4–0 away victory against Albania at the 1947 Balkan Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15267|title=Caius Novac|publisher=European Football|access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.labtof.ro/profil/caius-novac-1905/ Caius Novac profile] at Labtof.ro
{{DEFAULTSORT:Novac, Caius}} Category:1921 births Category:Year of death missing Category:Romanian men's footballers Category:Romania men's international footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Liga I players Category:Liga II players Category:FC Carmen București players Category:FC Dinamo București players Category:Unirea Tricolor București players Category:People from Lipova, Arad Category:Footballers from Arad County Category:20th-century Romanian sportsmen