Defender

Novak Tepšić

NK Varaždin
Croatia
24 yrs
185 cm
Preferred foot: Right

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Appearances: 13
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Average rating: 7.18

Age24

Date of birth16 Mar 2002

Height185 cm

Weight–

Preferred footRight

Market value€380K

Contract until31 May 2028

Season performance · 2026

HNL

NK Varaždin

Appearances / Starts12 / 9

Minutes963

Rating7.18

Goals / Assists0 / 0

Shots (on target)4 (0)

Passes · accuracy491 · 89%

Key passes3

Tackles / Interceptions26 / 15

Duels won49 / 74

Successful dribbles3

Yellow cards / Red cards1 / 2

Penalties (scored / missed)0 / 0

Expected goals / assists0.19 / 0.26

Detailed statistics

Big chances created2

Big chances missed0

Goal conversion0%

Headed goals0

Goals from outside the box0

Hit woodwork0

Accurate long balls24

Accurate crosses0

Touches667

Possession lost64

Dispossessed3

Aerial duels won7

Ground duels won42

Clearances58

Ball recoveries43

Fouls won13

Fouls committed8

Offsides0

Penalties won1

Errors leading to goal0

Team of the week1

Clean sheets4

Saves from inside the box0

Distance covered (km)87.94

Top speed (km/h)35.35

Hrvatski nogometni kup

NK Varaždin

Appearances / Starts1 / 1

Minutes120

Rating–

Goals / Assists0 / –

Shots (on target)– (–)

Passes · accuracy– · –

Key passes–

Tackles / Interceptions– / –

Duels won–

Successful dribbles–

Yellow cards / Red cards0 / 0

Penalties (scored / missed)0 / –

Attributes

Position: D

line: D average

Attacking36

Technical44

Tactical60

Defending79

Creativity38

Characteristics

Strengths

915

Recent matches

Date	Match	Score	Min	rating
1 Nov 2026	HNK Rijeka – NK Varaždin	1–1	90'	7.4
28 Oct 2026	NK Varaždin – NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	6–5	120'	–
24 Oct 2026	NK Varaždin – NK Slaven Belupo	1–2	84'	6.5
18 Oct 2026	HNK Hajduk Split – NK Varaždin	1–0	90'	6.8
11 Oct 2026	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb – NK Varaždin	0–1	90'	8.1
19 Sep 2026	NK Varaždin – NK Osijek	0–0	90'	7.2
14 Sep 2026	HNK Gorica – NK Varaždin	2–2	90'	7.1
9 Sep 2026	NK Zagora Unešić – NK Varaždin	0–4	–	–
4 Sep 2026	NK Varaždin – NK Istra 1961	0–0	90'	7.6
29 Aug 2026	NK Varaždin – NK Rudeš	2–0	90'	7.7
22 Aug 2026	GNK Dinamo Zagreb – NK Varaždin	3–1	90'	6.8
16 Aug 2026	NK Varaždin – HNK Rijeka	2–0	73'	7.3
9 Aug 2026	NK Slaven Belupo – NK Varaždin	1–4	61'	6.5
2 Aug 2026	NK Varaždin – HNK Hajduk Split	2–1	25'	7.1
30 Jul 2026	FK Jablonec – NK Varaždin	2–0	–	–

Career and transfers

6 clubs · 5 moves

Jul 2024

Voždovac To: Varaždin

Transfer Undisclosed
Feb 2024

Koper To: Voždovac

Free transfer
Aug 2023

Slaven To: Koper

Transfer Undisclosed
Feb 2022

Rudeš To: Slaven

Transfer Undisclosed
Jan 2021

Rudeš U19 To: Rudeš

Transfer

Form, last 12 months

Updated: 1 Nov 2026

Matches (12 months)25

Average rating7.04

Last match rating7.41 Nov 2026

Matches missed0

Last 10 matches

7.4 6.5 6.8 8.1 7.2 7.1 7.6 7.7 6.8 7.3

Statistics by season

Season	Competition	Team	Apps (starts)	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
2026	HNL	NK Varaždin	12 (9)	963	0	0	7.18
2026	Hrvatski nogometni kup	NK Varaždin	1 (1)	120	0	–	–

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Player profile

HNL 2024 · percentile among defenders (77 players)

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22 matches · 1,136 min

Novak Tepšić: percentile radar against positional peers
Metric	Value	Percentile
Tackles / 90 min	2.54	83
Interceptions / 90 min	1.35	77
Clearances / 90 min	3.72	47
Aerials won / 90 min	1.82	51
Duels won	64.3%	86
Pass accuracy	77.6%	38
Progressive carries / 90 min	0.00	36
Rating	6.78	31

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