Photo by: Drago Sopta/HNS
Tomislav Svetina was born on September 5, 1969 in Zagreb, Croatia. He completed his primary and secondary education in the Croatian capital, and he studied law at the University of Zagreb.
Svetina developed his legal career through working in multiple law firms, after which he also headed his own firm. Between 2005 and 2012, he was a member of the management of the Croatian Lottery.
From 2012 to 2018, Svetina served as the general director of GNK Dinamo during a particularly successful time period for the club.
In addition to his work at GNK Dinamo, Svetina also actively participated in the work of the European Club Association (ECA), with his work there being especially focused on building dialogue between ECA and the international players’ union FIFPro.
He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Zagreb Sports Association since 2014, and in late 2018 he was elected as the president of the Zagreb Football Association, position for which he was re-elected in 2022.
He served as the vice-president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2017 to 2021, during which he was also a president of the HNS Regulations Committee.
At the proposal of HNS president Marijan Kustić, the Executive Committee of the HNS unanimously elected Svetina as the Croatian FA’s executive director on July 29, 2021. In April 2024, his position was renamed to General Secretary, to be aligned with FIFA and UEFA standards.
- Predsjednici HNS-a
- Glavni tajnici/Izvršni direktori
- Izbornici
Marijan Kustić
2021. –
Davor Šuker
2012. – 2021.
Vlatko Marković
1998. – 2012.
Branko Mikša
1997. – 1998.
dr. Josip Šoić
1996. – 1997.
Nadan Vidošević
1995. – 1996.
Đuro Brodarac
1995.
dr. Damir Matovinović (v.d.)
1994. – 1995.
dr. Mladen Vedriš
1990. – 1994.
Paško Viđak
1988. – 1990.
Antun Ćilić
1985. – 1988.
Adam Sušanj
1985.
Milivoj Ražov
1984. – 1985.
Dušan Veselinović
1982. – 1984.
Željko Huber
1981. – 1982.
Ljubo Španjol
1978. – 1981.
Vlato Bogatec
1976. – 1978.
Ivan Kolić
1971. – 1976.
Bruno Knežević
1968. – 1971.
Luka Bajakić
1965. – 1968.
Pero Splivalo
1959. – 1965.
Mirko Oklobdžija
1957. – 1959.
Vlado Ranogajec
1953. – 1957.
inž. Boris Bakrač
1950. – 1953.
Lazo Vračarić
1947. – 1950.
Ratko Viličić
1946. – 1947.
Mijo Hršak
1945. – 1946.
dr. Rinaldo Čulić
1945.
Vatroslav Petek
1942. – 1945.
dr. Rudolf Hitrec
1941. – 1942.
dr. Ivo Kraljević
1939. – 1941.
dr. Milan Graf
1918. – 1919.
Vladimir Očić
1918.
Dimitrije Magarašević
1914.
prof. dr. Milovan Zoričić
1912. – 1914.
Tomislav Svetina
2021. –
Marijan Kustić
2019. – 2021.
Damir Vrbanović
2012. – 2019.
Zorislav Srebrić
1998. – 2012.
Josip Čop
1996. – 1998.
Ante Pavlović (v.d.)
1995. – 1996.
Duško Grabovac
1990. – 1995.
prof. Marko Jurić
1981. – 1990.
Ante Pavlović
1962. – 1981.
Boris Tepšić
1959. – 1965.
Vlado Bogatec
1957. – 1965.
Mirko Oklobdžija
1950. – 1957.
Ivan Barišić
1949. – 1950.
Božidar Žapčić
1945. – 1948.
Rudolf Sabljak
1945. – 1947.
Bruno Knežević
1945. – 1949.
Danko Tuzlanić
1943. – 1945.
Nikola Zdunić
1943. – 1945.
Stjepan Sandia
1943. – 1945.
Božidar Žabčić
1943.
Rudolf Sabljak
1943.
Valent Malović
1940. – 1941.
Vatroslav Petek
1941.
Josip Šikić
1940. – 1941.
Mijo Hršak
1940.
Ivo Šuste
1940.
Viktor Mašek
1940.
Bogdan Cuvaj
1939. – 1940.
Julije Frangen
1939. – 1940.
Velimir Lamza
1939. – 1940.
Janko Justin
1918. – 1919.
Fran Šuklje
1918. – 1919.
Zvonimir Klobučar
1914. – 1918.
Zlatko Dalić
2017. –
Ante Čačić
2015. – 2017.
Niko Kovač
2013. – 2015.
Igor Štimac
2012. – 2013.
Slaven Bilić
2006. – 2012.
Zlatko Kranjčar
2004. – 2006.
Otto Barić
2002. – 2004.
Mirko Jozić
2000. – 2002.
Tomislav Ivić
1995.
Miroslav Blažević
1994. – 2000.
Vlatko Marković
1993.
Stanko Poklepović
1992.
Dražan Jerković
1990. – 1991.
Franjo Wölfl
1956.
Leo Lemešić
1956.
Bruno Knežević
1956.
Bernard Hügl
1943. – 1945.
Bogdan Cuvaj
1941. – 1943.
dr.Rudolf Hitrec
1941.
Jozo Jakopić
1939. – 1941.
Hugo Kinert
1918. – 1919.
