Marijan Novak

Marijan Novak (born 2 October 1947[2]) is a retired 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.

Marijan Novak
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-10-02) 2 October 1947
Place of birth Zagreb, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Centre-forward[1]
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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, aged only 28.[1]

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

References
  1. "Zašto Maksimir nikad nije volio Zagrepčanina koji je s Dinamom rušio velikane?". Index.hr (in Croatian). 8 November 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  2. "Marijan Novak". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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