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Jovan "Cune" Gojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Joвaн Гojкoвић Цуне; 7 January 1975 – 22 December 2001) was a Serbian international football player.
Career
Gojković, nicknamed Cune after the well-known singer, made his first steps playing in his hometown club FK BIP Čačak, from where he moved, in summer 1995, for the biggest city club, the top league FK Borac Čačak. There, he became an important player, having the role of playmaker. In 1996 summer transfer window, he is signed by another top league club, the Belgrade's FK Čukarički. After one season there, his talent was noted by the 1991 World & European Champions, the great Red Star Belgrade. There he achieved his full affirmation as an excellent player, having been specially known as a very effective player in the big matches like the Eternal derby, against rivals FK Partizan, having been the scorer in many occasions. He stayed there three seasons, until 2000, when he signed with the Greek Super League club Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C.. It was in the period, while playing for Iraklis, that, in its best playing years, died in a car accident, in the outskirts of Belgrade, while on holiday during the winter break. Since 2009, In his memory, in his homecity Čačak, on the FK BIP stadium, a football tournament "Jovan Gojković – Cune" is intended to be held.
National team
He played one match for the FR Yugoslavia national team, on 23 December 1998, against Israel in Tel Aviv.