Jan Novák (born February 9, 1979, in

Havlíčkův Brod Havlíčkův Brod (, until 1945 Německý Brod; ) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban mon ...

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) is a Czech professional

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player. He spent nine seasons with

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in the

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between 1997 and 2006, winning the championship in 2003. Novák moved to the

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in 2006 and played one season for Aq Bars Kazan. He later played for

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but left them early in the 2007–08 season for a move to

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. On 12 January 2009 he was loaned to

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. Novák currently plays with

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in the

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