In 1992, he became president of the Croatian football club Hajduk Split, a position he held for nearly 4 years.

During that time, Hajduk managed to win 2 league titles, 1 cup and reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in 1995 which was Hajduk's greatest achievement in modern-day Croatia.

In 1995, he was elected chairman of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, a position he held until 2013, after being re-elected four times: in 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011.

Vidošević won 11.33 percent of the vote in the first round of the 2009 presidential election and was eliminated.

[3] Vidošević was arrested on 12 November 2013, on the charge of misappropriating 32.9 million kunas (US$5,784.363) from Croatian Chamber of Commerce.