Filip Novák (footballer)

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

Filip Novák
Novák with Czech Republic in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-26) 26 June 1990
Place of birth Přerov, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Free Agent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Zlín 58 (9)
2011–2015 Jablonec 106 (14)
2015–2018 Midtjylland 73 (10)
2018–2020 Trabzonspor 74 (15)
2020–2022 Fenerbahçe 38 (4)
2022–2023 Al Jazira 10 (0)
International career‡
2009 Czech Republic U19 4 (0)
2011 Czech Republic U20 1 (0)
2011–2012 Czech Republic U21 6 (1)
2015– Czech Republic 27 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2021

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 Fortuna Liga 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]

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.[11] They ran up from the group 3 as the winner but unfortunately were beaten by Russia in play-off round to the final tournament.[12]

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
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zlín 2008–09 Czech First League 3000——30
2009–10 2. liga 26100——261
2010–11 2. liga 29800——298
Total 58900——589
Jablonec 2011–12 Czech First League 1802030—230
2012–13 Czech First League 29351——344
2013–14 Czech First League 270703010380
2014–15 Czech First League 291181——3712
2015–16 Czech First League 30—40—70
Total 106142221001013916
Midtjylland 2015–16 Danish Superliga 2320081—313
2016–17 Danish Superliga 3454173—459
2017–18 Danish Superliga 1632130—214
Total 731062184—9716
Trabzonspor 2017–18 Süper Lig 153———153
2018–19 Süper Lig 29531——326
2019–20 Süper Lig 3075271—4210
Total 74158371—8919
Fenerbahçe 2020–21 Süper Lig 18120——201
2021–22 Süper Lig 2031060—272
2022–23 Süper Lig 000040—40
Total 38430100—513
Al-Jazira 2022–23 UAE Pro League 10010—3[lower-alpha 1]0201
Career total 358513074554045364
  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.[13]
List of international goals scored by Filip Novák
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
18 October 2017Doosan Arena, Plzeň, Czech Republic San Marino4–05–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
211 November 2021Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic Kuwait5–07–0Friendly

Honours

Jablonec

Trabzonspor

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