Borna Barišić

About

Croatian left back best known for his time playing for the Rangers of the Scottish Premiership and for the Croatia national team. He has 120,000 followers on Instagram. 

Before Fame

He spent eight years playing in the youth academy system of Croatian professional football club NK Osijek. Failing to break into the first team, he moved to nearby BSK Bijelo Brdo for year. He then returned to Osijek and made the first team. He spent two seasons wth Osijek before moving to league champion Dinamo Zagreb, who after one game loaned him out to Lokomotiv. He played 19 games with Lokomotiv before returning to Osijek yet again.     

Trivia

Midway through his second stint with Osije, Barišić agreed to a transfer Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv. The deal fell through, however, when Dynamo bought Dinamo Zagreb's Josip Pivarić. In an interview with Sportske novosti on 11 August, Barišić publicly blamed Dinamo Zagreb for scuttling his transfer to Kyiv. Less than two weeks later, two masked gunmen shot Dinamo Zagreb executive Zdravko Mamić in the leg. Some believe the shooting was an attempted assassination ordered by the Čepin Mafia clan. Barišić's father, Stipe is a member of the Čepin.

Family Life

Barišić's father is Miljac "Stipe" Barišić. Stipe is a fairly wealthy man of influence in Slavonia, and the media often links Stipe to the Cepinski mafia.

Associated With

Barišić has been playing with the Rangers since 2018. His teammates include goalkeeper Allan McGregor, and defenders James Tavernier and Connor Goldson