Marijan Novak

Marijan Novak

Personal information
Date of birth	2 October 1947 (1947-10-02) (age 64)
Place of birth	Zagreb, FPR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Trešnjevka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1964–1972	Dinamo Zagreb	138	(39)
1972–1973	Heilbronn
1973–1975	1860 Munich	19	(3)
National team
1967	Yugoslavia	1	(0)
Honours Men's Football Competitor for  Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games Gold 1971 Izmir Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marijan Novak was a Croatian football forward who is mainly known for his time at Dinamo Zagreb (1964–1972) and his contribution to the club's triumph in the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Novak spent his youth years at NK Trešnjevka, before signing for Dinamo Zagreb in 1964. He played for Dinamo until 1972 and helped the club win the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1967 and Yugoslav Cup in 1969. Although the club never won the Yugoslav First League during his time there, Dinamo finished as league runners-up three times (1966, 1967, 1969) as well as finishing as cup runners-up twice (1966 and 1972). Overall, Novak scored a total of 118 goals in 312 appearances during his time at Dinamo.

After leaving Dinamo in late 1972 he joined German second level side VfR Heilbronn where he stayed for a single season before moving to another German second level outfit TSV 1860 München in 1973. After two seasons at Munich and only 3 goals from 19 appearances Novak retired in 1975.

Following Dinamo's successful Inter-Cities Fairs Cup campaign, Novak was also called up and appeared for Yugoslavia in a friendly against Netherlands on 1 November 1967, but never appeared for the national team again.

Honours

• Yugoslav Cup
  • Winner (1): 1969
  • Runner-up (1): 1966, 1972
• Yugoslav First League
  • Runner-up (1): 1966, 1967, 1969
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  • Winner (1): 1967

References

• Serbian national football team website (Serbian)

Persondata
Name	Novak, Marijan
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	2 October 1947
Place of birth	Zagreb, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death