Zoran Mamić

Mamić played for Dinamo Zagreb between 1989 and 1996, after which he went on to spend nine years playing for various clubs in Germany. Between 1996 and 1998, he made 45 Bundesliga appearances and scored four league goals for Bochum. In 1998 he moved for two seasons to Bayer Leverkusen, but only made 15 Bundesliga appearances for the club without scoring a goal. He then returned to Bochum for the 2000–01 season and made another 23 Bundesliga appearances for the club. In 2001 he moved to 2. Bundesliga side Greuther Fürth and spent two seasons with the club, making 48 appearances and scoring one goal in the 2. Bundesliga. He subsequently played one season apiece for 2. Bundesliga clubs LR Ahlen and Eintracht Trier, making 21 league appearances for Ahlen and 30 league appearances for Trier, scoring one goal for the latter club. In his career in Germany, Mamić made 83 Bundesliga appearances with four goals scored as well as 99 2. Bundesliga appearances with two goals scored. In 2005 he returned to Dinamo Zagreb and finished his playing career at the club in late March 2007, after which he continued to work for the club as their sporting director. He captained the Dinamo Zagreb team that won the Croatian League championship in 2006. His last match for Dinamo Zagreb was on 3 March 2007 in their 3–1 away win over Varteks.

Mamić made his debut for Croatia in an October 1996 World Cup qualification match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bologna, coming on as a 90th-minute substitute for Slaven Bilić, and earned a total of 6 caps, scoring no goals. He was a member of the country's bronze medal-winning squad at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, although he did not play a single minute during the team's seven matches. His final international was a June 1998 friendly match against Australia.

Dinamo Zagreb

On 22 October 2013, following the sacking of Branko Ivanković, Mamić was named caretaker manager of Dinamo Zagreb by his brother and the club chairman Zdravko Mamić. This was the second time in only two months that he was appointed as interim coach, as he (together with Damir Krznar) had taken over the team from Dinamo's previous coach Krunoslav Jurčić after their 2–0 home defeat against Austria Wien in the Champions League play-off in August 2013. He ended his first match as interim coach with an away win against Slaven Belupo. A week later, Dinamo faced Austria Wien in the second leg of the Champions League play-offs. In Vienna, Mamić and Krznar led Dinamo to a 3–2 win, failing to clinch a spot in the Champions League group stage in the last 10 minutes of the match, as Dinamo had a 3–1 lead. After sacking of coach Ivanković, Mamić was again appointed as interim coach. He chose former Dinamo Zagreb players, Damir Krznar and Igor Cvitanović, to be his assistants. In November 2013, after string of positive results, including an 0–0 match against PSV Eindhoven in the Europa League, Mamić suffered his first defeat as Dinamo Zagreb coach, in away match against PSV Eindhoven. In December 2013, Mamić led Dinamo to one of their biggest Eternal Derby triumphs against Hajduk Split, when they won 5–0 in the Croatian Cup quarter-finals. Mamić was led Dinamo to another Champions League season in 2015–16, after a total 6–2 aggregate win against KF Skënderbeu Korçë…

Mamić was born in Zagreb as the third child of Josip and Lucija Mamić. Both of his parents hail from Bosnia and Herzegovina; the father, Josip, is from Zidine, and the mother, Lucija, is from Bukova Gora.

Tax evasion allegations

Zoran is a younger brother of Zdravko, former executive director of GNK Dinamo Zagreb. Both brothers have been found guilty of siphoning millions of Euros from Dinamo Zagreb and evading millions in unpaid taxes, but while Zoran has been sentenced, his brother is currently evading arrest warrants by residing in a non-extradition country. Their assets in Croatia are confiscated. In May 2021, he was arrested in Bosnia and Herzegovina, having fled there along with his brother Zdravko following his conviction. Croatia had issued an international arrest warrant for him, after failing to report to prison to begin serving his sentences for tax evasion. Mamić married Ana Šikić in 2014, and divorced her in 2016 after committing adultery. From his first marriage with Vanja Horvat, a daughter of the famous handballer, Hrvoje Horvat, he has two children: a daughter, Nina, and son, Bruno.