Jaka Daneu
{{short description|Slovenian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jaka Daneu
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| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|2|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
| nationality = Slovenian
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| career_position = Point guard
| career_start = 1988
| career_end = 2001
| years1 = 1988–1999
| team1 = Smelt / Union Olimpija
| years2 = 1999
| team2 = Czarni Słupsk
| years3 = 2000–2001
| team3 = Geoplin Slovan
| cyears1 = 2010–2013
| cteam1 = Union Olimpija (assistant)
| highlights =
- FIBA Saporta Cup winner (1994)
- 8x Slovenian League champion (1992–1999)
- 7x Slovenian Cup winner (1992–1995, 1997–1999)
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Jaka Daneu (born February 3, 1971) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player.
Professional career
Slovenian national team
{{huh|date=September 2019}}Daneu was a member of the Slovenia national basketball team since 1992 where he competed at Eurobasket 1993, Eurobasket 1995, Eurobasket 1997 and Eurobasket 1999. He also represented Slovenia officially at 67 games. {{Cite web |url=http://www.kzs.si/tekmovanja-in-projekti/reprezentance/clani/lestvica-uradnih-nastopov/ |title=Lestvica uradnih nastopov |access-date=2017-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928120728/http://www.kzs.si/tekmovanja-in-projekti/reprezentance/clani/lestvica-uradnih-nastopov/ |archive-date=2017-09-28 |url-status=dead }} and scored a 362 points {{Cite web |url=http://www.kzs.si/tekmovanja-in-projekti/reprezentance/clani/lestvica-strelcev-na-ur-tekmah/ |title=Lestvica strelcev na uradnih tekmah |access-date=2017-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829062351/http://www.kzs.si/tekmovanja-in-projekti/reprezentance/clani/lestvica-strelcev-na-ur-tekmah/ |archive-date=2017-08-29 |url-status=dead }}
Personal life
During the covid-19 pandemic he volunteered as a computer programmer for the national Sledilnik ("Tracker") effort tracking the statistics of the disease in Slovenia. In January 2022, he won the vote of the national Val 202 radio station's audience for the name of the week for his contribution.{{cite news |first=Jaka |last=Lopatič |url=https://siol.net/sportal/kosarka/uziva-v-novem-svetu-v-katerem-pomaga-slovencem-in-slovenkam-570676 |title=Uživa v novem svetu, v katerem pomaga Slovencem in Slovenkam |language=sl |trans-title=He Enjoys in a New World Helping the Slovenians |newspaper=Sportal Siol.net |date=16 January 2022}}
He has two sons and a daughter who are all involved in basketball. His father is former basketball player Ivo Daneu[http://m.slovenskenovice.si/sport/time-out/dinastija-daneu-se-nadaljuje Dinastja Daneu se nadaljuje] and his son Žiga is also a basketball player.[https://cedevita.olimpija.com/en/ziga-daneu-will-be-part-of-senior-team-in-the-upcoming-season/ ŽIGA DANEU WILL BE PART OF SENIOR TEAM IN THE UPCOMING SEASON!]
References
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
- [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Jaka-Daneu/Slovenia/Geoplin_Slovan_Ljubljana/3503 Eurobasket.com Profile]
- [http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_%2CUz02qBnJiADOq5VntEf53.season_1999.roundID_1757.teamID_1184.playerID_8587.html Fiba Profile]
{{KK Olimpija 1993–94 FIBA European Cup Champions}}
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