Damir Mišković (born 20 March 1965) is a

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n businessman and entrepreneur who is the chairman and owner of Croatian

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HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football, football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top ...

, a position he has held since 2012.

Early and personal life

Mišković was born in 1965 in

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. His family is originally from the village of Miškovići on the island of Pag which his grandfather had left after the

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for Rijeka, where he was employed in the port. Damir's father Šime grew up in old part of Rijeka where he met his mother who worked in a footwear store ''Beograd'' (

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, en, 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

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and occasionally Rijeka. Mišković also used to be a

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, playing for many local clubs such as Krasica, Orijent 1919, Pomorac 1921 and Grobničan.

Business career

After completing the maritime 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

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for leading logistics corporation dedicated to

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and

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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

club

from debt and threatening collapse, becoming the club's owner and chairman. 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 invested approximately 50 million euros into the club and associated infrastructure, including the construction of new training camp and stadium called Rujevica. Very soon after taking ownership and establishing management that today leads the club HNK Rijeka won several historical trophies and the most important one is first-ever league title in

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, ending

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's run of eleven successive titles. Rijeka has also won five Croatian Cups, including back-to-back titles in

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and in

which helped them secure the historic Double, and most recently in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miskovic, Damir Living people 1965 births Businesspeople from Rijeka HNK Rijeka chairmen and investors University of Rijeka alumni HNK Orijent players NK Grobničan players NK Pomorac 1921 players Yugoslav footballers Association footballers not categorized by position