Jakov Gojun

Jakov Gojun

Player information
birthday	April 18, 1986
place of birth	Split , Yugoslavia
citizenship	Croatian
height	2.03 m
Playing position	Back left
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Foxes Berlin
Jersey number	10
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-0000	RK Split
0000-0000	Krilnika
0000-0000	Solin
0000-0000	Rijeker Club Zamet
0000-2009	RK Siscia
2009–2012	RK Zagreb
2012-2013	Atlético Madrid
2013-2015	Paris Saint-Germain
2015–	Foxes Berlin
National team
	Games (goals)
Croatia	168 (80)
Status: January 24, 2018

Jakov Gojun (born April 18, 1986 in Split , SR Croatia , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Croatian handball player and member of the Croatian national handball team . He plays in the left back position . He currently plays for the German club Füchse Berlin .

Career

His first stop was the RK Split , where he had no chance to prove himself or to be used, so that he switched to the Rijeker Club Zamet via Krilnika and Solin at the age of 18. There he confirmed his class as a young handball player. Through his good games in Zamet, the RK Sisica became aware of him. There again Slavko Goluža , assistant coach of the Croatian national team and assistant to Lino Červar , so that he was appointed to the Croatian national team. At the 2010 European Championship , Gojun won the silver medal with Croatia. He was also voted the best defender. In the summer of 2012 he took part in the Olympic Games in London , where he won the bronze medal. He then ran for the Spanish club Atlético Madrid . After Madrid got into financial difficulties in the summer of 2013, he joined the French first division club Paris Saint-Germain , with whom he won the French Cup in 2014 and 2015 and the French championship in 2015. In the summer of 2015 Gojun moved to the German Bundesliga club Füchse Berlin , with whom he became club world champion in 2015 and 2016 and won the EHF Cup in 2018. In 2016 he took part in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . After the 2018 European Championship , where Gojun played 168 international matches and scored 80 goals, Gojun resigned from the Croatian national team. He stated that he would only play for the national team again if necessary.

Bundesliga record

season	society	Division	Games	Gates	2min penalties	Red cards
2015/16	Foxes Berlin	Bundesliga	32	21st	26th	3
2016/17	Foxes Berlin	Bundesliga	34	15th	17th	1
2017/18	Foxes Berlin	Bundesliga	33	19th	18th	0
2018/19	Foxes Berlin	Bundesliga	33	11	25th	0
2019/20	Foxes Berlin	Bundesliga	24	18th	23	1
2015–	total	Bundesliga	156	84	109	5

Source: player profile in the handball Bundesliga

Web links

Commons : Jakov Gojun  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jakov Gojun in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Jakov Gojun in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Gojun on the website of the Croatian Handball Federation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://hrs.hr/natjecanja-2/?page=person&id=29&ln=
2. ↑ www.london2012.com: Croatia - Team Rosters , accessed on August 4, 2012
3. ↑ www.handball-planet.com: Jakov Gojun three years in BM Atletico Madrid , accessed on July 10, 2013
4. ↑ www.handball-planet.com: Jakov Gojun to PSG! , accessed July 10, 2013
5. ↑ fuechse.berlin: "Defense chief of the Croatian national team will switch to Füchsen Berlin in the summer" , from April 22, 2015, accessed on April 22, 2015
6. ↑ https://www.dkb-handball-bundesliga.de/de/import/ Spieler / jakov- gojun / #s1434504-1= 5c38b15f under "Statistics" and "Historically", accessed on January 30, 2019.