Filip_Novák_(footballer)

Filip Novák (footballer)

Filip Novák (footballer)

Czech footballer

Filip Novák (born 26 June 1990) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Sigma Olomouc and the Czech Republic national team.[1] He holds the Czech First League record for most goals scored in one season by a defender with 11 goals in the 2014–15 season.[2]

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Club career

Novák began playing football for his home team in Přerov. He moved to Zlín in 2007 and then signed for Jablonec in 2011.[3]

Zlín

Novák played in the Czech premier league for the first time against Příbram[4] when he was 18 years old. Then, he played only one whole match before his team was relegated to the second league in the end of the season 2008–09. It was an advantage for him because there was a less strong competition so he climbed to the top players of the team gradually.

Jablonec

In July 2011, Novák moved to Jablonec. He scored his first goal in the Czech First League against Dukla Prague on 1 October 2012.[5] On 17 May 2013, Novák won the Czech Cup with Jablonec, after playing he whole final match and scoring in the penalty shootout.[6] He won the Czech Supercup against the league champion, FC Viktoria Plzeň with Jablonec on 12 July 2013.[7] By winning the Czech Cup in the previous season, Jablonec qualified for the UEFA Europa League where they eliminated Strømsgodset IF in the Third Qualifying Round[8] before being eliminated by Real Betis[9] in the Play-off round.

Al Jazira

On 30 September 2022, Novák moved to Al Jazira.[10]

Sigma Olomouc

On 3 November 2023, Novák signed a contract with Sigma Olomouc until end of the season.[11]

International career

Youth

Novák was a part of the Czech Republic national under-21 football team which was playing in the European Under-21 Championship qualification in 2013. He scored his first under-21 goal against Wales.[12] They ran up from the group 3 as the winner but unfortunately were beaten by Russia in play-off round to the final tournament.[13]

Senior

Novák's debut for the Czech Republic national team was on 31 March 2015 in a friendly match against Slovakia; he played the last 10 minutes of the game.

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 January 2023
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  1. Appearances in UAE League Cup

International goals

Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Novák goal.[14]
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Honours

Jablonec

Trabzonspor

References

  1. [1]
    "Filip Novak ile 2,5 yıllık sözleşme imzalandı" (in Turkish). Trabzonspor. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Jablonecký obránce Novák vylepšil svůj rekord na jedenáct gólů" (in Czech). Czech News Center. ČTK. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. [3]
    Filip Novák – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech) Edit this at Wikidata
  4. [4]
    "FC Tescoma Zlín - 1. FK Příbram 2:0". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  5. [5]
    "FK Dukla Praha - FK Baumit Jablonec 2:2". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  6. [6]
    "FK Baumit Jablonec - FK Mladá Boleslav 2:2, pen. 5:4". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  7. [7]
    "FC Viktoria Plzeň - FK Baumit Jablonec 2:3". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  8. [8]
    "UEFA Europa League 2013-14 - History - Strømsgodset-Jablonec". UEFA.com. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  9. [9]
    "UEFA Europa League 2013-14 - History - Betis-Jablonec". UEFA.com. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  10. [10]
    "Fotbalista Novák podepsal s Al Džazírou smlouvu do konce sezony". sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  11. [11]
    "Filip Novák přichází do Sigmy!" (in Czech). SK Sigma Olomouc. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Czech Republic - Wales 5:0". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  13. [13]
    "Under 21 matches: Russia - Czech Republic 2:2". UEFA.com. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  14. [14]
    "Novák, Filip". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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