Jozef Novota

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. He is currently the Head of Academy coaching at the club since 2018.

Club career FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce Novota made his professional debut for FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce against FC Spartak Trnava on 13 July 2014, coming on off the bench in the 35th minute following the sending off of Pavel Kováč. Novota’s only other appearances that season would be in a 1–1 draw with MFK Ružomberok, where he would win the man of the match award, and a 3–1 loss against AS Trenčín. 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.

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.