The football path of this business giant began in late seventies in the United States, to later lead him to Belgium, France and finally on the island, where he left the deepest trail. He will remember his arrival in Portsmouth the most in 1999. years. The club was then before bankruptcy, and Mandaric lifted him out of the ashes and took him to Premier League. Fair after the first Premierliga`s victory in 2003. year, when fans and the city of Portsmouth welcomed him as a king, and today he recounts.
After that, he became the owner of Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday, and in 2015 he also sailed in Slovenian waters, taking over the Olympia. Already in the first season he brought Ljubljacke to the title of the champion, the first after 21 years of waiting. In six years of term, he won two titles and three cups, and in 2021. left the club to Adam Delius.
Mandarić’s life was filmmakic: From Lika, through Novi Sad where he graduated from the Mechanical Engineering, to America in which he founded the company Lika, one of the leading in the computer industry. As early as 1976. He became an American citizen and completely devoted himself to football, the sport that marked his life.
According to the Slovenian media, the last days spent in the Belgrade hospital, where he was connected to the appliances. He left the man who knew how to save clubs, return their souls and fans, and who lived football with full lungs.
(Vijesti.ba)
