Dražen Gović
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 April 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Date of death | 16 February 2022 | (aged 40)||
Place of death | Šibenik, Croatia | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Hajduk Split | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2002 | Mosor | ||
2002–2004 | Zadar | 8 | (0) |
2004–2007 | Šibenik | 83 | (21) |
2007–2008 | Mouscron | 3 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Šibenik | 26 | (7) |
2009–2010 | Brunei DPMM | 8 | (2) |
2010 | Brantford Galaxy | ||
2010 | Šibenik | 12 | (0) |
2013 | Šibenik | 1 | (0) |
Total | 141 | (30) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dražen Gović (29 April 1981 – 16 February 2022) was a Croatian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Gović began his career in 2000 with NK Mosor in the Croatian Second Football League. In 2002, he played in the highest level of football in Croatia in the Croatian First Football League with NK Zadar. In 2004, he signed with HNK Šibenik and played a total of 63 matches and recorded 12 goals.[1] He had a stint with R.E. Mouscron in Belgium, and went overseas to play with Brunei DPMM FC in the S.League.[2] In 2010, he went to Canada to sign with Brantford Galaxy of the Canadian Soccer League.[3] On 5 July 2010, he was transferred back to Šibenik in order to assist the club in their UEFA Europa League run.[4]
Personal life and death
He died in a car accident near Šibenik on 16 February 2022, at the age of 40.[5][6][7]
References
- ^ "Dražen Gović". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.ca. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Canadian Soccer League". 28 February 2011. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ News, Brant. "Galaxy trades in the works". www.brantnews.com. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "U teškoj prometnoj nesreći u Dubravi poginuo Dražen Gović, legendarni nogometaš Šibenika" (in Croatian). Šibenik.in. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "Šok u Šibeniku, u prometnoj nesreći život izgubio bivši junior Hajduka i miljenik Funcuta". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "Poginuo je jedan od najomiljenijih igrača Šibenika u HNL-u". Index.hr (in Croatian). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
External links
- Dražen Gović at Soccerway.com
- Dražen Gović at WorldFootball.net
- Dražen Gović at FBref.com
- 1981 births
- 2022 deaths
- Footballers from Šibenik
- Men's association football midfielders
- Croatian men's footballers
- NK Mosor players
- NK Zadar players
- HNK Šibenik players
- Royal Excel Mouscron players
- DPMM FC players
- Brantford Galaxy players
- First Football League (Croatia) players
- Croatian Football League players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Singapore Premier League players
- Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Brunei
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Brunei
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Road incident deaths in Croatia