Ivan Meštrović (; born 21 January 1979) is a Croatian entrepreneur and sportsman who has been the co-owner of Croatian

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club

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Osijek or simply Osijek (), is a Croatian professional football club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav F ...

Biography

Meštrović was born in

Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...

, which he left in 1997 for

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. In 2008 he went to

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where he managed his business activities in eight central and eastern countries. Meštrović is fluent in three languages and has developed business with more continents. In 2016 he started with

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. He also was the owner of one of Italian football clubs, being become the first Croat to own the one Italian club. Meštrović is one of the famous and better Croatian entrepreneurs. Currently, he works as the co-owner of Croatian football club

,Predsjednik Osijeka Ivan Meštrović najavio pohod na naslov prvaka: "Osvojit ćemo naslov u mojoj eri"
/ref> while he also served as the club's chairman. He is a grandson of Croatian politician Adam Meštrović, one of founders of

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party.

References

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