Džoni Novak

Džoni Novak

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-09-04) 4 September 1969
Place of birth	Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1990	Olimpija	30	(2)
1990–1992	Partizan	20	(9)
1992–1993	Fenerbahçe	29	(4)
1993–1996	Olimpija	63	(10)
1996–1999	Le Havre	68	(0)
1999–2000	Sedan	11	(3)
2000–2002	SpVgg Unterhaching	37	(1)
2002–2003	Olympiacos	5	(0)
Total		263	(29)
International career
1991–1992	SFR Yugoslavia	4	(0)
1992–2002	Slovenia	71	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Džoni Novak (born 4 September 1969 in Ljubljana) 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 Ljubljana 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 Ljubljana. 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. 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

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 June 1995	Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn	Estonia	1–2	1–3	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
2	11 June 1995	Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn	Estonia	1–3	1–3	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
3	17 May 2002	Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana	Ghana	2–0	2–0	Friendly match

Honours

Partizan

• Yugoslav Cup: 1991–92

Olimpija

• Slovenian Championship: 1993–94, 1994–95
• Slovenian Cup: 1995–96

Olympiakos

• Super League Greece: 2002–03

See also

• Slovenian international players

External links

• Player profile at PrvaLiga (Slovene)
• Player profile at NZS (Slovene)
• Player profile at TFF