Džoni Novak

Džoni Novak
	Novak with Yugoslavia national team.
Personal information
Date of birth	4 September 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Črnuče
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1990	Olimpija
1991–1992	Partizan
1992–1993	Fenerbahçe
1994–1996	Olimpija
1996–1999	Le Havre
1999–2000	Sedan
2000–2002	SpVgg Unterhaching
2003	Olympiacos
Total
International career
	Yugoslavia U21
1991–1992	Yugoslavia
1992–2002	Slovenia
Medal record
Representing Yugoslavia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Džoni Novak (born 4 September 1969) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He 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 for two seasons before signing for Serbian club 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. 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^[1] before retiring.

International career

During his spell at Partizan, he earned four caps for Yugoslavia.^[2] Even after the independence of Slovenia, Novak was included by Yugoslavia in their squad for Euro 1992, along with Darko Milanič.^[3] However, the nation would be suspended due to the Yugoslav Wars. He was also capped 71 times and scored three goals for Slovenia.^[4] He was a participant at Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup. His final international game was at the latter tournament against Paraguay.^[5]

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	2–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
2	11 June 1995	Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn	Estonia	3–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
3	17 May 2002	Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana	Ghana	2–0	2–0	Friendly match