Mićun Jovanić

Mićun Jovanić

Personal information
Full name	Mićun Jovanić
Date of birth	(1952-07-29)29 July 1952
Place of birth	Split, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death	Kaštel Gomilica, Croatia
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1965–1969	NK Kaštel Gomilica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1981	Hajduk Split	210	(27)
1981–1982	Anderlecht	9	(0)
1982–1983	Solin	15	(0)
1983–1985	AS Béziers	54	(3)
International career
	Yugoslavia (youth levels)	4	(?)
Managerial career
1991	RNK Split
2000–2001	Segesta
2006	Segesta
2008	GOŠK AC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mićun Jovanić (29 July 1952 – 26 July 2010) was a Croatian footballer best known for his 12-year spell with Hajduk Split, where he played between 1969 and 1981. Later in his career Jovanić also played for Belgian side Anderlecht and lower level sides AS Béziers in France and Solin in Croatia.

He was one of the most consistent members of Hajduk's golden generation which dominated Yugoslav football in the 1970s and won four Yugoslav First League championships and five Yugoslav Cup titles. Because of this, Jovanić is one of the three most decorated Hajduk players in the history of the club (along with Dražen Mužinić and Luka Peruzović).

Unlike many of his teammates from that era who went on to become regular Yugoslav internationals (such as Jurica Jerković, Ivica Šurjak, Slaviša Žungul and Dražen Mužinić), Jovanić was never capped for the national team, although he did appear 4 times for Yugoslavia at youth levels. Throughout his career Jovanić had appeared in 210 league matches and scored 27 league goals for Hajduk.

After retiring from playing in 1985 Jovanić had several managing spells at lower level Croatian sides, including a 1991 spell with RNK Split and two spells at Segesta. In early July 2010 the Croatian media reported that Jovanić had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and that a fundraising campaign was launched to raise some 20,000 euros for his treatment abroad. In spite of the successful fundraiser, Jovanić died on the night between 25 and 26 July 2010 at his home in Kaštel Gomilica near Split.

Honours

• Yugoslav First League (4): 1970–71, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1978–79
• Yugoslav Cup (5): 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977

External links

• Biography of Mićun Jovanić at Hajduk Split official website (Croatian)
• Mićun Jovanić profile at WorldFootball.net