Career
A product of Prva HNL side Varteks youth academy, Novinić was promoted to their first team squad in July 2003. He scored 25 goals for Varteks before leaving the club in the 2009 summer transfer window and joining the newly promoted Karlovac on a free transfer. During his time at Varteks, Novinić helped the club reach the Croatian Cup Finals twice, in the 2003-2004 and 2005-2006 seasons, and was the club"s top league scorer in the 2006-2007 season.
Novinić was also capped for Croatia at youth levels, scoring a total of 7 goals in 14 international matches between 2003 and 2004.