Ivica Pirić | |
Birth Date: | 24 January 1977 |
Birth Place: | Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |
Position: | Midfielder |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1998–1999 |
Clubs2: | SSV Ulm 1846 |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1999–2002 |
Clubs3: | NK Zagreb |
Caps3: | 54 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2002–2008 |
Caps4: | 72 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2003 |
Clubs5: | → Hajduk Split (loan) |
Caps5: | 6 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2004 |
Clubs6: | → CSKA Kyiv (loan) |
Caps6: | 2 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2008–2009 |
Clubs7: | Trogir |
Caps7: | 18 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2009–2010 |
Clubs8: | RNK Split |
Caps8: | 27 |
Goals8: | 1 |
Pcupdate: | 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]
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]