Damir Mišković

Mišković was born in 1965 in Rijeka.^[2] His family is originally from the village of Miškovići on the island of Pag which his grandfather had left after the Second World War for Rijeka, where he was employed at the city port. Damir's father Šime grew up in old part of Rijeka where he met his mother who worked in a footwear store Beograd (Serbian capital city, English: Belgrade).

Due to his work obligations Mišković spends most of his time in Dubai, London, and Africa.^[3][4][5][6]

Mišković used to play football as a goalkeeper, playing for many local clubs, such as Krasica, Orijent 1919, Pomorac 1921 and Grobničan.^[7]

After completing the maritime high school, Mišković moved to Norway where he worked at a port and was responsible for controlling the loading and unloading of goods. He continued his career in West Africa, where he initially worked in the port town of Warri in Nigeria for Orlean Invest Holding - a leading logistics corporation in the oil and gas industry. Despite facing difficult working conditions, Mišković soon became the youngest general manager in the company and, through the years, rose to be the executive director.

On 20 March 2012, Mišković rescued Croatian football club Rijeka from debt and threatening collapse, becoming the club's owner and chairman.^[8] HNK Rijeka is his hometown club which he has a big fan of from his earliest days. Over the next several years, he transformed the club into a title contender, recording great results both domestically and in Europe. Over the years, Mišković has invested more than 50 million euros into the club and associated infrastructure, which included the construction of a new training camp and a new club stadium named Rujevica. Since Mišković took ownership and puzzled together the management team which still leads the club as of 2025, HNK Rijeka has won a total of seven domestic trophies, becoming champions of the Croatian Football League twice (in 2017 and 2025), and winners of the Croatian Football Cup five times - in 2014, 2017 (with which they secured their first domestic double), 2019, 2020, and 2025 (club's second domestic double).