Jakov Gojun (born 18 April 1986) is a Croatian

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player who plays for

RK Zagreb Rukometni klub Zagreb (, ) is a men's professional handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian Premier League and the EHF Champions League. RK Zagreb has won 38 national championships and the national cup 32 times. The c ...

and Croatian national team. He competed for the Croatia national team at the

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in London, winning the bronze medal. Due to his defensive playing style he has been nicknamed the ''Minister of defense'' by fans of the national team.

Early life

Gojun was born 18 April 1986 in

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. At a young age he started playing

in his hometown club of HRK Krilnik.

Career

RK Krilnik & RK Solin

Unable to prove himself to play for the senior squad of RK Split he started his senior career in RK Krilnik, which is also from

. He played for Krilnik for one season in the Second League - South 2002–03 season helping his club finish in third place but failing to earn promotion to the First League. The next season, he transferred to Solin Transportcommerce. He played in the same league with Solin finishing in ninth place.

RK Zamet

In July 2004 Gojun transferred to

RK Zamet RK Zamet (Rukometni Klub Zamet) is a handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1957. The club currently competes in the Croatian Premier Handball League and the Croatian Handball Cup. Although the club has not won any mayor trophies, it ha ...

from

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

. During the beginning of the season under head coach Franko Mileta Zamet finished their first half of the season in seventh place failing to qualify for the championship play-off due to goal difference with PIPO IPC Čakovec. On 9 November Gojun showed great playing skill in defense against

in a defeat of 27:24. On 25 December Franko Mileta was sacked and

Williams Černeka Williams Černeka (born 19 September 1959) is a former Croatian handball player. Since 2002 he has been the tehniko of RK Zamet He is the father of Dario Černeka. Honours ;Zamet *Yugoslav Second League (1): 1977-78 *Yugoslav Third League ...

took over the team for the rest of the season.

. RK Zamet was ranked 14 in the league and was knocked out of the

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in the round of 16. He also played for the second team Zamet II under coach

Damir Čavlović Damir Čavlović (born 28 January 1952) is a former Croatian handball player. He has coached clubs such as RK Zamet, RK Split Brodokumer, ŽRK Zamet, ŽRK Tvin Trgocentar and RK Kvarner Kostrena. In 1996 he was also coach of the Croatia men' ...

they won the Third League - West and got promoted to the Second League. Gojun's performances that season where rewarded with a call up for the Croatia U-18 squad. In June 2005

Boris Dragičević Boris Dragičević (born 10 September 1958) is a former Croatian handball player and coach. He played for RK Zamet for 13 years. He was part of the RK Zamet squad that were vice-champions in 1992. Honours As player ;RK Zamet *Yugoslav Second L ...

was announced as the new head coach. Gojun and his team began a strong campaign finishing third in the first half of the season granting them the championship play-offs. Their second part of the season finished badly, finishing last in the play-offs. During the play-offs Gojun's teammate Mladen Prskalo became head coach. At the start of the next season Zamet had sort of a rocky start winning only 4 matches out of 13 in their group. In February 2007 Prskalo was sacked and

Drago Žiljak Drago Žiljak (born 14 January 1960) is a former Croatian handball player and coach. He is currently the head coach of women's side ŽRK Zamet. Playing career Žiljak started playing handball in 1974 when he was picked by coach Vjekoslav Sarde ...

became head coach. During this season Gojun played a big role in defensive role as well as an attacking role. The next season Zamet was placed 8 in the league and reached the quarter-final of the

where they lost to

RK Nexe Našice Rukometni klub Nexe Našice (), commonly referred to as RK Nexe Našice or simply Nexe, is a professional handball club from Našice, Croatia. Currently, RK Nexe competes in the Premijer liga and Croatian Handball Cup as well in the SEHA Leagu ...

RK Siscia

In June 2008 Gojun moved to RK Siscia from

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where he was called up by head coach

Slavko Goluža Slavko Goluža (born 17 September 1971) is a retired Croatian handball player and most recently coach of RK Zagreb. Club career Goluža was born in the village of Pješivac-Kula near Stolac. He began his career with RK Mehanika Metković. A ...

. Siscia started out with a strong campaign. Gojun established himself as more of an attacking player from the start scoring averagely four or five goals per match. On 20 December 2008, in a match against

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Gojun scored five goals for a win of 30:21. He scored seven goals in cup qualification match against Varteks di Caprio. Siscia won the match 23:28. On 12 March 2009 Gojun scored 8 goals against RK Moslavina Kutina with the result ending in 31:22 for Siscia. At the end of the season Siscia finished fourth in the

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RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb

On 11 July 2009 it was announced that Gojun would be joining the Croatian power house RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb. Gojun made his first appeared for the club at friendly tournament in August called Poreč handball cup.

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finished first place defeating

RK Metalurg Skopje RK Metalurg Skopje () is a Macedonian handball club based in Skopje. They compete in the domestic Macedonian Handball First League, and have competed in the EHF Champions League. History The club was founded in 1971 under patronage of the Skop ...

RK Cimos Koper Rokometni klub Koper (), commonly referred to as RK Koper or simply Koper, was a handball club from Koper, Slovenia. Koper played their home matches at Bonifika Hall. The team was dissolved in 2013 due to high financial debt. The team was also ...

and drawing with

VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach is a professional handball club from the German city of Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. The club has seen great success, especially from the ...

went routinely undefeated throughout the domestic league and cup. Gojun made his

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debut on 3 October 2009 against Norwegian club Fyllingen Håndball in an away match where

won 22:29. Gojun provided defense replacing

Domagoj Duvnjak Domagoj Duvnjak (born 1 June 1988) is a Croatian professional handball player for THW Kiel. Regarded as one of the best handball players of all time, he was named the IHF World Player of the Year in 2013 and has won over twenty titles playing ...

with and

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. He also got penalized for 2 minutes. On 22 March 2010 Senjanin Maglajlija was sacked and

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became the new head coach.

got the round of 16 and lost to

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. He scored 15 goals in 12 appearances. At the start of the 2010–11 season

started with their usual dominance in the domestic league.

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became the new head coach midway through the season. In the round of they lost to

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55:58 on aggregate. In

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Zagreb reached the quarter-final of the

and lost to

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. During his time in RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb Gojun won three league titles and three cup titles while proving to be a world class defensive player.

Atlético de Madrid

In April 2012 Gojun announced he would be moving to

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during the summer. At Atlético he played under coach Talant Duyshebaev. Gojun's first appearance for the club was on the 27 of August 2012 at the

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where Atlético won their first match 28:23 against El Jaish. In the final they won against

28:23. On September 8 Atlético played

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against

and lost 31:34. Gojun scored two goals and provided defensive cover. Atlético started a good domestic campaign with Gojun providing a big role in attack and defense. After two months at the club he stated that he felt like he was at home. On 21 October Atlético defeated

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34:13, Gojun didn't score but he did provide a spectacular defensive wall. On 8 December Atlético lost to

in home match 22:25. In a

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match against Naturhouse La Rioja Gojun scored three goals in a win for Atlético of 30:34. In the final they lost against

in a staggering defeat of 24:32. In the

Atlético got to the quarter-finals where they face

yet again. They won the home match 25:20. But they lost the away match 32:24. They finished second in the

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nine points behind

. On 4 May Atlético won the final of the

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28:38 against Naturhouse La Rioja. But they lost the away match 32:24. At the beginning of July it was announced that Atlético de Madrid was going into

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Paris Saint-Germain

On 11 July Gojun signed with

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club

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On 6 October PSG won the derby against

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30:29. Gojun scored his first goal for the club three days later against

US Ivry Union Sportive d'Ivry are a French multi-sports club based in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne. The club is primarily known for its football team and handball team. US Ivry play their home matches at the Stade Clerville, which seats 2,000 spectators ...

. On December 5 PSG lost their first match in the league against

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25:21. A week later they lost to

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. On 9 February 2014 PSG defeated

32:29, Gojun scored three goals to Červar's Metalurg. In a surprise victory

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defeated PSG 30:28 in the

. PSG was knocked out in the quarter-finals by

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. PSG finished second in the league and won the

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. On 13 June Gojun played for the World selection team headed by

and played with players such as

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Alex Dujshebaev Alex Dujshebaev Dobichebaeva (; born 17 December 1992) is a Spanish handball player for Industria Kielce and the Spanish national team. His mother is of Russian descent, and his father, Talant Dujshebaev who is a former handball player and c ...

and many more. They won against

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31:33 in the humanitarian match. In September PSG secured the

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yet again, Gojun even scored one goal in the match. On 5 October PSG played a Champions League match against Gojun's former club

and won 27:22 but Gojun couldn't play due to a

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injury. In November PSG got knocked out of the

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in the quarter-finals by

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. PSG once again reached the quarter-finals of the

but lost to

just like the previous year. During the month of May PSG took the league by storm with against

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, Saint-Raphaël Var witch bounced them to first place one point above

. PSG won the

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. Gojun had already announced his departure from the club on 22 April 2015. ;Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC Uppon my arrival his arrival to Gojun won the

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with the club defeating

in the final 28:27 to witch Gojun scored two goals.

International career

After playing for various youth squads he was invited to the senior

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in November 2007 by head coach

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to participate in their preparation in

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. Gojun was hailed to be the successor of

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announced that Gojun would be playing at the 2009 World Championship in

. He played in every match and was one of the best players on the team.

got to the final where they lost to

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21:19 in a dramatic final. Since then Gojun has been a regular Croatian national team player appearing in every major tournament since. In 2010 at the

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Gojun was voted the best defensive player of the tournament. At the tournament

reached the final and lost to

. On 14 September 2010

was appointed as the new head coach of

. At the 2011 World Championship

passed the group stage and were knocked out during the main round by

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. They won the fifth place match against

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. At the 2012 European Championship in

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reached the semi-finals and lost to

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. They won the third place match against

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. Gojun competed at the

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and won a bronze medal with

. They defeated

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in the third place match. At the 2013 World Championship lost to

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in the semi-finals. They won the bronze medal defeating

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26:31. Next year at the 2014 European Championship went undefeated to the semi-finals where they lost to the hosts

29:27. They even lost the third place match to

28:29. At the 2015 World Championship in

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was sixth. After the tournament

resigned at head coach. Željko Babić was appointed as the new head coach. At the 2016 European Championship in

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won a bronze medal. In the summer of 2016 they played at the

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. After passing the group stage they lost to

in the quarter-finals 27:30. They were ranked fifth. After the 2018 European Championship Gojun retired from the Croatian national team having made 168 appearances and scoring 80 goals, Gojun stated that he would play for the national team again only if necessary and said that there are more that enough young and skilled players in the team.

Personal life

On 20 December 2014 Gojun married Kristina Šitum in

. Gojun has a son who was born in 2015. Gojun has stated that he feels

is his second home, that he feels like he had a second childhood there. He is still good friend with most of his former teammates such as Mateo Hrvatin and Milan Uzelac.

Honours

;Club ;Zamet II * Third League (West): 2004-05 ;Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb * Dukat Premier League: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup *Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup The Croatian Water Polo C ...

: 2010, 2011, 2012 ;Atlético de Madrid *

: 2013 ;Paris Saint Germain Handball *

: 2014-15 *Coupe de France: 2014, 2015 *Trophée des Champions: 2014, 2015 ;Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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: 2017-18 ;RK Zagreb * Croatian Premier League: 2022, 2023 *

: 2022 ;Croatia * World Championship 2009 Croatia - 2nd place * European Championship 2010 Austria - 2nd place * European Championship 2012 Serbia - 3rd place * Olympic Games 2012 London - 3rd place * World Championship 2013 Spain - 3rd place * European Championship 2016 Poland - 3rd place ;Individual * Sportske novosti team of the year: 2009 * Best sports teams by COC: 2009 *Best defensive player at European Championship 2010 *Best defensive player at European Championship 2018

Orders

Ribbon of an Order of the Croatian Wattle

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- 2009

References

External links

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