Jovo Damjanović

Jovo Damjanović
Damjanović in 2017
Personal information
Full name Jovo Damjanović
Born (1996-12-24) 24 December 1996
Nikšić, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality Montenegrin / Qatari
Height 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Al Rayyan
Number 2
Youth career
Years Team
2011-2013
 Sutjeska Nikšić
Senior clubs
Years Team
2013-2017
 El Jaish SC
2017-2018
 PSG Handball
2018-
 RK Železničar 1949
National team
Years Team
2013–
 Qatar
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Qatar
World Championship
2015 Qatar

Jovo Damjanović (Montenegrin: Јово Дамјановић; born 24 December 1996) is a Montenegrin-born Qatari handball player for Qatari Al-Rayyan and Qatar.

Club career

In October 2011, at age 14, Damjanović made his senior debut for Sutjeska Nikšić. He spent two seasons with the club before signing with Qatari team El Jaish in May 2013. In August 2017, Damjanović returned to Europe and signed with Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year contract.[1]

International career

A former Montenegro youth international,[2] Damjanović represented Qatar at the 2015 World Championship, as the team finished as runners-up.[3] This was the first World Championship medal for both Qatar and for any Asian team.[4] The result was however controversial due to the many naturalized players of Qatar, of which Fernández was one of them.[5][6] According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine, only four of the 17 players in the squad were native to Qatar.[7] The practice was criticised by Austrian goalkeeper after his team's loss to Qatar in the round of 16, saying "It [felt] like playing against a world selection team" and "I think it is not the sense of a world championship."[8] Furthermore there were claims of favourable refereering for the hosts.[9][10][11] After the final whistle of their semifinal against Poland, the Polish players showed their discontent by ironically applauding the three referees.[12][13]

He also participated at the 2017 World Under-21 Championship.[14]

Honours

El Jaish
Paris Saint-Germain

References

  1. ^ "Damjanovic s'engage jusqu'en 2019" (in French). Paris Saint-Germain. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Treća sreća, crnogorski kadeti prvi put zlatni" (in Montenegrin). vijesti.me. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Corner Qatar". slate.com. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. ^ "France beat Qatar to win fifth world handball title". Gulf Times. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Player Eligibility Code" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. p. 5. Retrieved 29 January 2015. They shall not have played in any national team of another country in the three years preceding their first appearance in the national team in an official match.
  6. ^ "Qatar's foreign legion primed for handball date with Germany". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Falsche Fans simulieren Stimmung" [Fake fans simulate excitement]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Qatar handball team coach faces questions over foreign players". BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  9. ^ Team, Fans und Schiris gekauft? (German)
  10. ^ Handball-WM in Katar: Österreich hält sich für verpfiffen (German)
  11. ^ Österreich von Referees und Katar aus WM gekickt (German)
  12. ^ "Radość Katarczyków, Polacy z pretensjami do sędziów". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 30 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Polish National Handball Team Sarcastically Applauds Officials After Controversial Loss to Qatar". thebiglead.com. 31 January 2015.
  14. ^ "TEAM ROSTER" (PDF). ihf.info. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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