Dražen Gović (29 April 1981 – 16 February 2022) was a Croatian professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Gović began his career in 2000 with

NK Mosor NK Mosor, also known as HBDNK "Mosor – Sveti Jure", was a Croatian football club from Žrnovnica, settlement which is part of the city of Split on the Croatian coast. The club was founded in 1929. It existed until World War II when most of its ...

in the

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. In 2002, he played in the highest level of football in Croatia in the

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with

NK Zadar Nogometni klub Zadar (), commonly referred to as NK Zadar or simply Zadar, was a Croatian football club based in Zadar, a city on the Adriatic coast, best known for playing in the top flight of Croatian football for almost twenty years. Histor ...

. In 2004, he signed with

HNK Šibenik Hrvatski nogometni klub Šibenik (), better known as HNK Šibenik or simply Šibenik (), is a Croatian professional association football, football sports club, club based in Šibenik. It competes in the Croatian Football League, SuperSport HNL, t ...

and played a total of 63 matches and recorded 12 goals. He had a stint with R.E. Mouscron in Belgium, and went overseas to play with

Brunei DPMM FC Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (English language, English: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club; Abbreviation, abbrev: DPMM or Brunei DPMM) is a professional association football, football club based in Bandar S ...

in the S.League. In 2010, he went to Canada to sign with

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of the

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. On 5 July 2010, he was transferred back to Šibenik in order to assist the club in their

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run.

Personal life and death

He died in a

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near

Šibenik Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatia, Croatian self-governing cities ...

on 16 February 2022, at the age of 40.

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