Ivica Pirić


Ivica Pirić is a retired Croatian football player who is last played for RNK Split. Pirić is also a political activist. In 2018 he became a president and a co-owner of revived FC Arsenal-Kyiv.

Career

He is a persona non grata in Russia and is not allowed to enter that country. Pirić calls Ukraine his second homeland and in summer of 2015 organized humanitarian actions helping re-settlers from the eastern Ukraine, particularly children. With his help some 300 children from Ukraine had a chance to spend their summer in Omis.