Radim Novák

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Radim Novák (2 April 1978 – 12 May 2020) was a Czech football goalkeeper. He came up through the youth teams of TJ Skorotice and Jablonec and spent most of his career with Ústí nad Labem from 2005 to 2015, making 236 league appearances. He also played for Litvínov, Teplice, Varnsdorf, and later Bayern Hof in Germany. In 2009 he trained with Spartak Trnava but stayed with Ústí nad Labem. After the club was promoted to the Czech First League in 2010, he was their first-choice goalkeeper for parts of the following seasons and helped Ústí nad Labem win the 2011–12 Czech 2. Liga. He left Ústí in 2015 and played six games for Bayern Hof before retiring from professional football. He later worked as a youth coach for FK Teplice. Novák died of pancreatic cancer on 12 May 2020 at the age of 42. Fans and former teammates gathered at Městský stadion to say goodbye later that month.