Marin Brbić
| Marin Brbić | |
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| President of Hajduk Split | |
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In office 4 July 2012 – 1 April 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Hrvoje Maleš |
| Succeeded by | Marijana Bošnjak (interim) Ivan Kos |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 August 1961 Makarska, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
Marin Brbić (born 24 August 1961 in Makarska, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian politician and former president of the Croatian football club Hajduk Split.
Marin Brbić started his career in tourism. He was the hotel director and board member of the major hotel company "Bluesun" with its headquarters in Zagreb. In June 2012, he applied for the job as chairman of Hajduk Split.
Brbić became president at a time when the club suffered an economic crisis and owned more than 15 million euros of debt. Brbić managed to get a loan from the banks for an amount of almost 4 million euros with the City Of Split as bondsman for the loan. He managed to sell the clubs most worthy players and lowered the wages drastically. During his time, Anton Maglica was the only player in which Hajduk paid money for a transfer deal in July 2012. Until 2016, Hajduk only got players who were free of contract.
Brbić managed to close the economic gap and in recent years Hajduk started doing financially positive. It was revealed in 2016 that Hajduk was no longer in a financial crisis but a small debt to the City of Split still exists.
As Hajduk was in a very hard financial situation, good sport results were not expected at that time. During his presidency that lasted 4 years, club changed 4 managers and 3 sports directors. During that time, Hajduk won 1 trophy (2012–13 Croatian Football Cup), finished 2 times as 3rd and once as 4th in the Croatian First Football League and achieved two times to enter into the playoff round of the UEFA Europa League in 2014 and 2015.
During the 4 year period he served as president, quality players such as Ante Vukušić, Josip Radošević, Mario Pašalić, Antonio Milić, Dino Mikanović, Andrija Balić, Mijo Caktaš and Jean Kouassi were sold in order to solve financial situation. Marketing activites and income significantly increased and a lot of new sponshorships were gained.
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