# Kristian Novak

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{{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](/source/Defender_(association_football))<ref name="WorldFootball"/>
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2014
| youthclubs1 = [Austrått](/source/Austr%C3%A5tt_IL)
| youthyears2 = 2014–2016
| youthclubs2 = [Ålgård](/source/%C3%85lg%C3%A5rd_FK)
| youthyears3 = 2017
| youthclubs3 = [Viking](/source/Viking_FK)
| years1 = 2014–2016
| clubs1 = [Ålgård](/source/%C3%85lg%C3%A5rd_FK)
| caps1 = 50
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2018
| clubs2 = [Viking](/source/Viking_FK)
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2019
| clubs3 = [Sola](/source/Sola_FK)
| caps3 = 11
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2019–2020
| clubs4 = [Grorud](/source/Grorud_IL)
| caps4 = 23
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2021–2022
| clubs5 = [Jerv](/source/FK_Jerv)
| caps5 = 22
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2022–2023
| clubs6 = [Östersund](/source/%C3%96stersunds_FK)
| caps6 = 15
| goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2017
| nationalteam1 = [Norway U19](/source/Norway_national_under-19_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 11 November 2023
| ntupdate = 
}}

'''Kristian Sirum Novak''' (born 19 October 1998) is a Norwegian [footballer](/source/Association_football) who plays as a [defender](/source/defender_(association_football)).

==Career==
Novak played youth football at [Austrått](/source/Austr%C3%A5tt_IL) and [Ålgård](/source/%C3%85lg%C3%A5rd_FK), before starting his senior career with the latter in 2014.<ref name="nff"/> Ahead of the 2017 season, he joined [Viking](/source/Viking_FK)'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](/source/Sola_FK), and then [Grorud](/source/Grorud_IL). After two seasons with Grorud, he signed a contract with [Jerv](/source/FK_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](/source/Eliteserien) debut in a 1–0 win against [Strømsgodset](/source/Str%C3%B8msgodset_Toppfotball).<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](/source/Sandnes) and is the older brother of Norwegian international handballer [Kristina Novak](/source/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

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