Yevhen Anatoliyovych Novak ( uk, Євген Анатолійович Новак; born 1 February 1989) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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for Ukrainian club Kolos Kovalivka.

Club career

Dynamo Kyiv

Novak is a product of

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...

, he made his debut with

Dynamo-3 Kyiv FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv was a Ukrainian football team based in Kyiv, Ukraine. The team has been featured in the Ukrainian Second League, since it cannot be promoted to the Ukrainian First League, being a junior team from the FC Dynamo Kyiv franchise, w ...

on 28 April 2007 in a 0–0 home draw against Knyazha Shchaslyve and after more than a year, Novak made his debut with Dynamo-2 Kyiv on 10 August 2008 in a 2–2 away draw against Knyazha Shchaslyve.

Sevastopol

On 24 June 2012, Novak joined

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( uk, Перша ліга) or Ukrainian First League is a professional football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions pyramid. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup. It is th ...

side

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

. On 14 July 2012, he made his debut in a 2–2 home draw against Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka after being named in the starting line-up.

Volyn Lutsk

On 5 July 2014, Novak joined Ukrainian Premier League side

Volyn Lutsk Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. Th ...

. On 11 August 2014, he made his debut in a 0–1 away defeat against

Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ...

after coming on as a substitute at 45th minute in place of Roman Hodovanyi.

Vardar

On 1 September 2015, Novak joined Macedonian First Football League side Vardar after agreeing to a one-year deal with the option of continuation for two years. On 13 September 2015, he made his debut in a 5–1 home win against Horizont Turnovo after coming on as a substitute at 82nd minute in place of

Nikola Gligorov Nikola Gligorov ( mk, Никола Глигоров; born 15 August 1983) is a Macedonian football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the head coach of FK Vardar. Club career Gligorov started his ...

International career

Ukraine

Under-21

On 28 March 2009, Novak made his debut with Ukraine U21 in a

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against Serbia U21 after coming on as a substitute at last minutes in place of

Roman Zozulya Roman Vyacheslavovych Zozulya ( uk, Роман В'ячеславович Зозуля, born 17 November 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Rayo Majadahonda. He played in the Ukrainian Premier ...

, he was planned to be called up again from Ukraine U21 in February 2011 for friendly match against Switzerland U21, but due to injury, could not be part of the national team.

North Macedonia

Večer announced that Novak from 1 September 2020 will officially fulfill the main condition for receive the North Macedonia passport and will be available of North Macedonia national team for UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs that to be scheduled to take place in October and November 2020.

Personal life

In March 2014, Novak received a call-up from

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, but stated that he was not going to join the army.

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* * 1989 births Living people People from Cherkasy Oblast Ukrainian footballers Ukrainian expatriate footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Association football central defenders FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players FC Sevastopol players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players FC Volyn Lutsk players FC Kolos Kovalivka players Expatriate footballers in North Macedonia Macedonian First Football League players FK Vardar players Sportspeople from Cherkasy Oblast {{Ukraine-footy-defender-1980s-stub