| Jaka Daneu | |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 5 |
| Birth Date: | 3 February 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality: | Slovenian |
| Career Position: | Point guard |
| Career Start: | 1988 |
| Career End: | 2001 |
| Years1: | 1988–1999 |
| Years2: | 1999 |
| Team2: | Czarni Słupsk |
| Years3: | 2000–2001 |
| Cyears1: | 2010–2013 |
| Cteam1: | Union Olimpija (assistant) |
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Jaka Daneu (born February 3, 1971) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player.
Daneu played for Smelt Olimpija, Czarni Słupsk and Geoplin Slovan.[1]
Daneu was a member of the Slovenia national basketball team since 1992. He competed at Eurobasket 1993, Eurobasket 1995, Eurobasket 1997 and Eurobasket 1999. He represented Slovenia officially at 67 games. [2] and scored a 362 points [3]
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.[4]
He has two sons and a daughter who are all involved in basketball. His father is basketball player Ivo Daneu.[5]