Ivica Pirić

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| name= Ivica Pirić

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|1|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia

| height = {{height|m=1.84|precision=0}}

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| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

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| years1 = | clubs1 = Hajduk Split | 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 | clubs4 = Arsenal Kyiv | 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

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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.[https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/horvat-ivitsa-pirich-stal-sovladeltsem-i-prezidentom/ The Croatian Ivica Pirić became a co-owner and a president of Arsenal–Kyiv (Хорват Ивица Пирич стал совладельцем и президентом Арсенал-Киев)]. Sport Arena. 12 February 2018

Career

He is a persona non grata in Russia and is not allowed to enter that country.[http://life.pravda.com.ua/volunteers/2015/10/9/201522/ 300 children of Pirić. How the Croatian footballer organized vacation for children from the War in Donbass]. Ukrayinska Pravda. 9 October 2015 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 Omiš.