Despite having no football blood in the family, his father is retired and his mother is a cook, Mijo Dadić excelled in the sport he chose and was selected to play for Croatian National Juniors at the Under-16, Under-17 and Under-18 age groups.
He brokered at deal with the club that had owed him US$100,000 (RM 380,000 in 2002), telling the management of NK Rijeka that he would be willing to forego the amount in return for his International Transfer Certificate (ITC).
Together with Marin Mikac, they managed to land a contract with Malaysian Premier League side MK Land FC, under the watchful eye of head coach Khan Hung Meng, joining a team laden with big stars of the Malaysian game such as Marlon Alex James, K. Nanthakumar, Shahrin Majid, Paidiya Rao, M. Chandran amongst others.
There was much excitement for club football back then; fighting for honours with the states in the Malaysian League and MK Land FC emerged as a force to be reckoned with.
Fellow countryman Bojan Hodak rescued Mijo Dadić from obscurity in their country, offering the latter a chance to play for another club side, UPB-MyTeam FC in their Malaysian Premier League debut.
Mijo Dadic was glad to learn that his former mentor at MK Land FC, Khan Hung Meng also assumed a coaching position at the club, and immediately agreed to come back to Malaysia.
However, Mijo Dadić who played a pivotal part in the first half of the campaign, even scoring UPB-MyTeam FC's first ever goal in the M-League, was struck by ligament injury in the home match against Sabah FA in April, and missed the rest of the season recuperating.