[2] He was a participant in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal.

In his country Novák played mainly for Dukla Prague and won 8 championship titles with them.

[3] After end of his playing career he worked as a football manager and coached Dukla Praha and briefly Czechoslovakia national team.

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