Kristian Sirum Novak (born 19 October 1998) is a Norwegian

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who plays as a defender for

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Career

Novak played youth football at

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and

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, before starting his senior career with the latter in 2014. Ahead of the 2017 season, he joined

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's youth setup. A year later he was promoted to the senior squad, but a knee injury kept him on the sideline for most of the 2018 season. In 2019, he moved to

Sola Sola is a municipality and a Seaside resort in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solakrossen. Other villages include Tananger, Hålandsm ...

, and then

Grorud Grorud is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. The borough contains the Ammerud, Grorud, Kalbakken, Rødtvet, Nordtvet and Romsås areas. To the north of the borough is the forest of Lillomarka. The borough is the smallest in Oslo, with fewer ...

. After two seasons with Grorud, he signed a contract with Jerv in January 2021. On 3 April 2022, he made his

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debut in a 1–0 win against

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Personal life

He is the son of a Norwegian mother and Croatian father. He hails from Håbafjell in

Sandnes Sandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest city in Norway and together, the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sandnes lies ...

and is the older brother of Norwegian international handballer

Kristina Novak Kristina Sirum Novak (born 29 August 2000) is a Norwegian handball player who plays for Sola HK in REMA 1000-ligaen and the Norwegian national team. She also represented Norway at the 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship The 2018 W ...

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* * 1998 births Living people People from Sandnes Norwegian people of Croatian descent Men's association football defenders Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Ålgård FK players Viking FK players Sola FK players Grorud IL players FK Jerv players Norwegian Third Division players Norwegian Second Division players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Footballers from Rogaland {{Norway-footy-defender-stub