Amer Gojak

Amer Gojak (Bosnian pronunciation: [ǎmer ɡôjaːk]; born 13 February 1997) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for 1. HNL club Dinamo Zagreb and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Amer Gojak
Gojak with Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 in 2014
Personal information
Full name Amer Gojak
Date of birth (1997-02-13) 13 February 1997
Place of birth Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dinamo Zagreb
Number 14
Youth career
2005–2009 Novi Grad Sarajevo
2009–2014 Željezničar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Olimpic 19 (4)
2015– Dinamo Zagreb 98 (10)
National team‡
2012–2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 19 (9)
2014–2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 20 (8)
2014–2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 19 (4)
2018– Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2019

Gojak started his professional career at Olimpic, before joining Dinamo Zagreb in 2015.

A former youth international for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gojak made his senior international debut in 2018, earning 10 caps since.

Club career

Early career

Gojak came through Željezničar's youth academy, which he joined in the summer of 2009 from a local club.[2]

In January 2014, he signed a three-year deal with Olimpic.[3] He made his professional debut against Velež on 1 March at the age of 17.[4] On 15 March, he scored his first professional goal against Rudar Prijedor, which proved to be the winning goal in the game.[5]

Dinamo Zagreb

On 12 May 2014, Gojak was transferred to Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb for an undisclosed fee.[6] He made his official debut for the team in a cup game against Istra 1961 on 3 March 2015.[7] Three weeks later, he made his league debut against the same opponent.[8] Gojak won his first trophy with the club on 2 May 2015, when they were crowned league champions.[9]

He scored his first goal for Dinamo Zagreb against Lokomotiva on 14 May 2016.[10]

On 15 September 2016, aged 19, Gojak made his UEFA Champions League debut against Lyon.[11]

In March 2017, he extended his contract until June 2022.[12]

On 29 April, Gojak scored four goals in home win over Cibalia.[13]

On 26 May 2019, he made his 100th appearance for Dinamo Zagreb against biggest rivals Hajduk Split.[14]

International career

Gojak represented Bosnia and Herzegovina on all youth levels.[15]

In March 2017, he received his first senior call-up, for games against Gibraltar and Albania,[16] but had to wait until 15 November 2018 to make his debut, in UEFA Nations League game against Austria.[17]

On 5 September 2019, in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier against Liechtenstein, Gojak scored a brace, his first senior international goals.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 20 June 2020[19]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Olimpic 2013–14 Bosnian Premier League 8210––92
2014–15 Bosnian Premier League 11220––132
Total 19430––224
Dinamo Zagreb 2014–15 1. HNL 1010––20
2015–16 1. HNL 512000–71
2016–17 1. HNL 2246030–314
2017–18 1. HNL 2214040–301
2018–19 1. HNL 25220162–434
2019–20 1. HNL 232101121[lower-alpha 1]1[lower-alpha 2]365
Total 98101603441114915
Career total 117141903441117119
  1. Appearance in 2019 Croatian Super Cup
  2. Goal in 2019 Croatian Super Cup

International
As of match played 15 October 2019[20]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
201820
201984
202000
Total104

International goals
Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first.[20]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1. 5 September 2019 Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina  Liechtenstein
1–0
5–0
 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
2.
5–0
3. 8 September 2019 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Armenia
2–2
2–4
 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
4. 15 October 2019 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece  Greece
1–1
1–2
 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb[19]

References
  1. "Amer Gojak". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. "Prisjetio se svojih fudbalskih početaka: Amer Gojak posjetio FK Novi Grad". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 28 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. "Talentirani Gojak novi igrač Olimpica". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 11 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. "Okić donio Veležu tri boda na Otoci". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 1 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  5. "Amer Gojak poveo Olimpic do pobjede". radiosarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 15 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  6. "Amer Gojak iz Olimpica u Dinamo". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 12 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  7. "Hodžić pogodio, Gojak debitovao, Dinamo lako do polufinala". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 3 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  8. "Hodžić i Gojak igrali u novom trijumfu Dinama". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 21 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  9. "Dinamo osigurao 10. uzastopni naslov, Hodžić strijelac". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 2 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  10. "Dinamo trijumfom zatvorio sezonu, Hodžić treći strijelac lige, prvi gol Gojaka". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 14 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  11. "Amer Gojak sa 19 godina debitovao u Ligi Šampiona". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 15 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  12. "Amer Gojak produžio ugovor sa Dinamom". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 16 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  13. "Utakmica života Amera Gojaka: Zabio četiri gola za Dinamo!". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 29 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  14. "Amer Gojak slavi jubilej, od Dinama dobio poklon". oslobodjenje.ba (in Bosnian). 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  15. "Amer Gojak debitovao za seniorsku reprezentaciju BiH". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 15 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  16. "Iznenađenje: Baždarević za meč protiv Gibraltara pozvao i jednog debitanta". faktor.ba (in Bosnian). 7 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  17. "Bod u Beču za plasman u Ligu A i nastavak niza bez poraza". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 15 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  18. "Zmajevi se raspucali u finišu utakmice i deklasirali Lihtenštajn u Zenici". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 5 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  19. "A. Gojak". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  20. "Amer Gojak". eu-football.info. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
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