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Ivica Pirić
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-01-24) 24 January 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hajduk Split 0 (0)
1998–1999 SSV Ulm 1846 0 (0)
1999–2002 NK Zagreb 54 (0)
2002–2008 Arsenal Kyiv 72 (0)
2003 → Hajduk Split (loan) 6 (0)
2004 → CSKA Kyiv (loan) 2 (0)
2008–2009 Trogir 18 (0)
2009–2010 RNK Split 27 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2011

Ivica Pirić (born 24 January 1977) is a Croatian sports director, business executive and retired football player who played as a midfielder.

Pirić is also a political activist. In 2018, he became a president and a co-owner of revived FC Arsenal-Kyiv.[1]

Career

He is a persona non grata in Russia and is not allowed to enter that country.[2] Pirić calls Ukraine his second homeland and in summer of 2015 organized humanitarian actions helping re-settlers from the eastern Ukraine, particularly children.[2] With his help some 300 children from Ukraine had a chance to spend their summer in Omiš.[2]

References

  1. ^ The Croatian Ivica Pirić became a co-owner and a president of Arsenal–Kyiv (Хорват Ивица Пирич стал совладельцем и президентом Арсенал-Киев). Sport Arena. 12 February 2018
  2. ^ a b c 300 children of Pirić. How the Croatian footballer organized vacation for children from the War in Donbass. Ukrayinska Pravda. 9 October 2015


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