Mitja Novinič

Mitja Novinić

Personal information
Full name	Mitja Novinić
Date of birth	10 April 1991 (1991-04-10) (age 20)
Place of birth	Lendava, Slovenia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Virtus Lanciano
Youth career
	Nafta Lendava
2007–2011	Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2011–	Milan	0	(0)
2011–	→ Virtus Lanciano (loan)	1	(0)
National team
	Slovenia U-17	4	(0)
	Slovenia U-19	5	(0)
	Slovenia U-21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Mitja Novinić (born 10 April 1991) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Prima Divisione club Virtus Lanciano, on loan from Milan.

Club career

Early career

Novinić joined Italian club Milan from Nafta Lendava in June 2007.^[1] He spent four seasons in the club's youth system and was a member of the under-20 side who won the Coppa Italia Primavera in 2010, 25 years after the club's last success in the competition.^[2]

Novinić was also called-up a couple of times for first-team games since 2009, but eventually he was never fielded nor named on the bench.^[3][4]

Lanciano

For the 2011–12 season, Novinić was loaned out to Prima Divisione club Virtus Lanciano.^[5] He made his official debut for the club on 7 August 2011, in the first preliminary round of the Coppa Italia against Castel Girone, coming off the bench in the second half, as Lanciano lost 1–2.^[6]

Statistics

As of 7 August 2011.

Team	Season	Domestic League		Domestic Cup		European Competition1		Other Tournaments2		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Milan	2009–10	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2010–11	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virtus Lanciano	2011–12	0	0	1	0	–		0	0	1	0
Career Total		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

¹European competitions include the UEFA Champions League.
²Other tournaments include Coppa Italia Lega Pro.

References

1. ^ "Trasferimenti estate 2007" (in Italian). lega-calcio.it. Lega Calcio. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071024042249/http://www.lega-calcio.it/ita/trasferimenti07080.shtml. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
2. ^ "Il Milan del futuro vola con Verdi e Zigoni" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 15 April 2010. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2010/aprile/15/Milan_del_futuro_vola_con_ga_10_100415017.shtml. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
3. ^ Matteo Calcagni (6 December 2009). "Zurigo-Milan: i convocati di Leonardo" (in Italian). milannews.it. http://www.milannews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=14645. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
4. ^ Vito Mazzuca (23 April 2010). "I convocati di Leo: accrescono gli indisponibili" (in Italian). milannews.it. http://www.milannews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=23116. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
5. ^ "Mitja Novinic, nuovo centrocampista della Virtus. Bettoni preparatore dei portieri" (in Italian). virtuslanciano.it. 28 July 2011. http://www.virtuslanciano.it/news/877-Mitja_Novinic,_nuovo_centrocampista_della_Virtus._Bettoni_preparatore_dei_portieri. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
6. ^ "Virtus Lanciano–Castel Rigone 1–2" (in Italian). virtuslanciano.it. 7 August 2011. http://www.virtuslanciano.it/news/895-Virtus_Lanciano_Castel_Rigone_1_2. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 

External links

• Profile at official club website (Italian)
• Profile at uefa.com

Persondata
Name	Novinić, Mitja
Alternative names
Short description	Slovenian professional footballer
Date of birth	10 April 1991
Place of birth	Lendava, Slovenia
Date of death
Place of death