Kristian Novak

Kristian Sirum Novak (born 19 October 1998) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender.

Kristian Novak

Personal information
Full name	Kristian Sirum Novak[1]
Date of birth	(1998-10-19) 19 October 1998 (age 26)
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender[1]
Youth career
0000–2014	Austrått
2014–2016	Ålgård
2017	Viking
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Ålgård	50	(4)
2018	Viking	0	(0)
2019	Sola	11	(0)
2019–2020	Grorud	23	(0)
2021–2022	Jerv	22	(0)
2022–2023	Östersund	15	(0)
International career
2017	Norway U19	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 November 2023

Career

Novak played youth football at Austrått and Ålgård, before starting his senior career with the latter in 2014.^[2] Ahead of the 2017 season, he joined Viking's youth setup. A year later he was promoted to the senior squad,^[3] but a knee injury kept him on the sideline for most of the 2018 season.^[4] In 2019, he moved to Sola, and then Grorud. After two seasons with Grorud, he signed a contract with Jerv in January 2021.^[2][5] On 3 April 2022, he made his Eliteserien debut in a 1–0 win against Strømsgodset.^[2]

Personal life

He is the son of a Norwegian mother and Croatian father. He hails from Håbafjell in Sandnes and is the older brother of Norwegian international handballer Kristina Novak.^[6]