Kristian Novak

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kristian Novak | fullname = Kristian Sirum Novak<ref name="WorldFootball">{{WorldFootball.net|kristian-novak}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1998|10|19}} | birth_place = | height = 1.93 m<ref name="WorldFootball"/> | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Defender<ref name="WorldFootball"/> | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2014 | youthclubs1 = Austrått | youthyears2 = 2014–2016 | youthclubs2 = Ålgård | youthyears3 = 2017 | youthclubs3 = Viking | years1 = 2014–2016 | clubs1 = Ålgård | caps1 = 50 | goals1 = 4 | years2 = 2018 | clubs2 = Viking | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2019 | clubs3 = Sola | caps3 = 11 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2019–2020 | clubs4 = Grorud | caps4 = 23 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2021–2022 | clubs5 = Jerv | caps5 = 22 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2022–2023 | clubs6 = Östersund | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2017 | nationalteam1 = Norway U19 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 11 November 2023 | ntupdate = }}

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

==Career== Novak played youth football at Austrått and Ålgård, before starting his senior career with the latter in 2014.<ref name="nff"/> Ahead of the 2017 season, he joined Viking's youth setup. A year later he was promoted to the senior squad,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vikingfotball.no/nyheter/kristian-novak-klar-for-viking|title=Kristian Novak klar for Viking|work=Viking FK|language=no|date=18 January 2018|access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref> but a knee injury kept him on the sideline for most of the 2018 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vikingfotball.no/nyheter/novak-skadet|title=Alvorlig kneskade for Novak|work=Viking FK|language=no|date=23 February 2018|access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref> In 2019, he moved to Sola, and then Grorud. After two seasons with Grorud, he signed a contract with Jerv in January 2021.<ref name="nff"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fkjerv.no/nyheter/novak-har-signert|title=Novak har signert|work=FK Jerv|language=no|date=19 January 2021|access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref> On 3 April 2022, he made his Eliteserien debut in a 1–0 win against Strømsgodset.<ref name="nff">{{NFF|3232869}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dette søskenparet vil du høre mye om i årene som kommer|work=Stavanger Aftenblad|date=27 January 2018|pages=64–65|author=Nærland, Egil Ø.|language=no}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{NFF|3232869}} *{{Soccerway|525438}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Novak, Kristian}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Sandnes Category:Norwegian people of Croatian descent Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Norwegian men's footballers Category:Norway men's youth international footballers Category:Ålgård FK players Category:Viking FK players Category:Sola FK players Category:Grorud IL players Category:FK Jerv players Category:Östersunds FK players Category:Norwegian Third Division players Category:Norwegian Second Division players Category:Norwegian First Division players Category:Eliteserien players Category:Superettan players Category:Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Category:Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Category:21st-century Norwegian sportsmen