Jan Novak (born 4 October 1997) is a Slovenian professional footballer who as a forward for Ljubljana Regional League club NK Trebnje. He is a product of the NK Krka youth system and represented Slovenia at U18 level.
A forward or winger, Novak began his career in his native Slovenia with NK Krka in 2004. He rose through the youth ranks to make his professional debut for the club at 16 years of age, with a late appearance as a substitute for Martin Kramariàin a 3âÂÂ1 PrvaLiga defeat to NK Rudar Velenje on 23 August 2014. Despite scoring prolifically for the youth teams, it wasn't until after relegation to the Second League that Novak made a breakthrough into the first team, making 18 appearances and two goals during the first half of the 2016âÂÂ17 season before departing the Portoval on 31 January 2017.
During the 2016âÂÂ17 pre-season, Novak travelled to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on trial. He was successful, but paperwork problems meant that he was unable to join the club until 31 January 2017, when he signed an 18-month contract for an undisclosed fee. Novak made 32 appearances and scored six goals before his release at the end of the 2017âÂÂ18 season.
On 22 August 2018, Novak returned to Slovenia to rejoin Second League club NK Krka on a one-year contract and made 26 appearances and scored five goals during the 2018âÂÂ19 season. Upon the expiration of his contract on 1 July 2019, Novak joined Second League club NK Drava Ptuj on a free transfer. He made 18 appearances and scored two goals during the truncated 2019âÂÂ20 season and transferred back to NK Krka on 7 August 2020. Novak made just three appearances and transferred to Ljubljana Regional League club NK Trebnje during the 2021âÂÂ22 off-season. He made 76 appearances and scored 29 goals over the course of the 2021âÂÂ22, 2022âÂÂ23, 2023âÂÂ24 and 2024âÂÂ25 seasons.
Novak won four U18 caps for Slovenia in 2014.