Džoni Novak


Džoni Novak is a former Slovenian footballer who represented his country at Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup.

Club career

Born in Ljubljana, he started his professional career playing at Olimpija in 1988. He played there two seasons before signing for Serbian club FK Partizan. He played in Belgrade for a season and a half, appearing in 20 matches and scoring nine league goals for the club before leaving it for Fenerbahçe SK. After only a season in Turkey, he returned to Olimpija. Playing for Olimpija, Novak appeared in 63 league matches and scored ten goals. He also won the Slovenian championship twice with the club, in 1994 and 1995, and the Slovenian Cup in 1996. Later he moved to French club Le Havre. He played there for the next three seasons, appearing in 68 matches before leaving to join another French team, CS Sedan. He spent only one season with Sedan and left the club, making 11 appearances. He moved on to Germany and signed with SpVgg Unterhaching. He stayed there two seasons, making 37 appearances and scoring one goal. After that he played for six months for Greek side Olympiacos before retiring.

International career

During his spell at Partizan, he earned four caps for Yugoslavia. Even after the independence of Slovenia, he, as being a player of a Serbian club, was included by Yugoslavia national football team to UEFA Euro 1992 just like Darko Milanič, but the nation would be suspended due to the Yugoslav Wars. Novak and Milanič were the two Slovenian players that earned caps with Yugoslavia after Slovenian independence because they wasn't allowed to leave Belgrade during the war. He was also capped 71 times and scored three goals for Slovenia. He was a participant at Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 June 1995Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn2–13–1UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
211 June 1995Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn3–13–1UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
317 May 2002Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana2–02–0Friendly match

Honours

;Partizan
;Olimpija
;Olympiakos