Damir Mišković (born 20 March 1965)[1] is a Croatian businessman and entrepreneur who is the chairman and owner of Croatian football club HNK Rijeka, a position he has held since 2012.
Damir Mišković | |
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| Chairman of HNK Rijeka | |
| Assumed office 20 March 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 March 1965 Rijeka, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Spouse | Snježana Mišković |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Šime Mišković (father) |
| Alma mater | University of Rijeka |
| Occupation |
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| Known for | Chairman of HNK Rijeka |
Early and personal life edit
Mišković was born in 1965 in Rijeka.[2] His family is originally from the village of Miškovići on the island of Pag which his grandfather had left after the Second World War for Rijeka, where he was employed at the city port. Damir's father Šime grew up in old part of Rijeka where he met his mother who worked in a footwear store Beograd (Serbian capital city, English: Belgrade).
His whole family is personally very attached to development and successes of the club. Due to his work obligations Mišković spends his time in Dubai, London, Africa and, occasionally, Rijeka.[3][4][5][6]
Mišković also used to be a football goalkeeper, playing for many local clubs such as Krasica, Orijent 1919, Pomorac 1921 and Grobničan.[7]
Business career edit
After completing the maritime middle school, Mišković went to work in Norway where he worked in the port, responsible for controlling the loading and unloading of goods. He continued his fast growing career in West Africa, where he initially worked in the port town of Warri for leading logistics corporation dedicated to oil and gas industry Orlean Invest Holding. Although the working conditions were very difficult he soon became the youngest general manager and through years became executive director of the same company. The aforementioned company has concessions for four ports in which all the necessary logistics are available for oil and gas companies that deal with onshore and offshore drilling.
On 20 March 2012, Mišković rescued Croatian football club HNK Rijeka from debt and threatening collapse, becoming the club's owner and chairman.[8] HNK Rijeka is his hometown club which he was a big fan of from his youngest age. Over the next several years he created the powerful football club with excellent results recorded domestically and in Europe. Over the years, Mišković has invested approximately 50 million euros into the club and associated infrastructure, including the construction of a new training camp and a new stadium called Rujevica. Very soon after taking ownership and establishing management that today leads the club, HNK Rijeka won several historical trophies, including the most important one - its first-ever league title (in 2017), ending Dinamo Zagreb's run of eleven successive titles. Rijeka has also won five Croatian Cups, including back-to-back titles in 2005, 2006, then in 2014, then in 2017 with which they secured the historic domestic double, and most recently in 2019.
References edit
- ^ "Damir Mišković na 54. rođendan slavi i sedam godina na čelu HNK Rijeka ispunjenih uspjesima". rijecanin.rtl.hr (in Croatian). 20 March 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Damir Mišković biografija". biografija.com (in Croatian). 5 March 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Senzacija iz Rijeke: Mišković ulazi u novi mega projekt s Kinezima?!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 10 April 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "DAMIR MIŠKOVIĆ 'Ovo je pobjeda navijača, a onda svih nas!'". Novi list (in Croatian). 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Damir Mišković: pročitajte veliki intervju predsjednika Rijeke za Sportske novosti" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "TKO NE RISKIRA... Damir Mišković je u Čolaka do sada uložio više od milijun eura!". Novi list (in Croatian). 23 June 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Damir Mišković". biografija.com (in Croatian). 5 March 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "Mišković jednoglasno izabran za predsjendika Rijeke, Volpi počasni predsjednik". Novi list (in Croatian). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2020.