Joško Svaguša
| Joško Svaguša | |
|---|---|
| President of Hajduk Split | |
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In office 7 August 2009 – 22 December 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Mate Peroš |
| Succeeded by | Josip Grbić |
| Alderman in the Split city council | |
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In office 22 June 2009 – 10 April 2013 |
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| President | Nevenka Bečić |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 January 1972 Split, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Croatian Civic Party (2009–) |
| Spouse(s) | Jasminka Svaguša (divorced since 2011) Dajana Stojić (cohabitation) |
| Children | 4 |
Joško Svaguša (born 11 January 1972 in Split, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian entrepreneur, former politician and former president of the Croatian football club Hajduk Split.
Svaguša graduated from the high school of tourism in Split. During the early 1990s, he went to Germany and worked in the Port of Hamburg for 3 years. He returned to Split in 1994 and opened a bakery with his father Mirko Svaguša. The bakery was called Svaguša and after some years it became a major bakery company with stores all around Dalmatia. In 2003, Joško Svaguša bought Bobis, a major company that specialises in sweets.
Svaguša started attracting public fame in 2009 when he joined his friend Željko Kerum in an attempt to win the local elections in Split. Željko Kerum won the elections and became mayor of Split with Svaguša becoming an alderman in the Split city council.
Svaguša gained the public spotlight in August 2009 when he became the president of Hajduk Split, the biggest sporting institution in Croatia. He was put there under the orders of Željko Kerum and in November 2009, Kerum created a supervisory board in Hajduk which was made up of only his closest friends. It sparked a revolt amongst Hajduk fans who demanded democracy and transparency in the club.
Svaguša made his first move by buying Anas Sharbini and Ahmad Sharbini for a fee of 2,3 million euros which was the highest fee that Hajduk ever paid on the market for a player. He managed to get Edoardo Reja as manager which was seen as an extraordinary accomplishment.
In February 2010, Reja left Hajduk and Svaguša got Stanko Poklepović as manager. Stanković won the 2009–10 Croatian Football Cup which was Hajduks first trophy in 5 years. Svaguša gained controversy when it was reported that he gave himself almost 100,000 euros of the clubs money as a bonus for winning the cup.
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