Jozef Novota
Slovak footballer (born 1986)
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Jozef Novota (born 24 January 1986) is a former Slovak football goalkeeper who is most known for playing with Fortuna Liga club FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce.[2] He is currently the Head of Academy coaching at the club since 2018.[3][4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jozef Novota | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Zlaté Moravce,[1] Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zlaté Moravce (Head of Academy coaching) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Zlaté Moravce | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2002 | Zlaté Moravce | ||
| 2002–2005 | FC Nitra | ||
| 2005–2013 | Zlaté Moravce | ||
| 2011–2012 | → OFK Sľažany (loan) | ||
| 2012–2013 | → Palárikovo (loan) | ||
| 2013 | OFK Sľažany | ||
| 2014–2016 | → Zlaté Moravce | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2023 | Zlaté Moravce (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 December 2025 | |||
Club career
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
Novota made his professional debut for FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce against FC Spartak Trnava on 13 July 2014,[5] coming on off the bench in the 35th minute following the sending off of Pavel Kováč.[6][7] Novota’s only other appearances that season would be in a 1–1 draw with MFK Ružomberok,[8] where he would win the man of the match award,[9] and a 3–1 loss against AS Trenčín.[10] After retiring from professional football in 2017, Novota devoted himself to kickboxing, where had a sharp competitive debut at the Slovak Championships in Košice, facing multiple world champion Pavol Garaj.[11]
After professional football
After the signing of Ján Kocian as new manager of Zlaté Moravce, it was announced that Novota would be the new assistant manager.[3] He has already held that position temporarily once, when he assisted coach Ľuboš Benkovský the previous year.[3] Novota held the position of assistant manager until 2023. In 2023, he signed three hundred youth players for Zlaté Moravce, one hundred in Vrábľy and up to twenty-two team categories in the fourteenth season of existence, the most youth players the club had ever had.[12]