Petar Mamić (pronounced [pětär mä̌:mit͡ɕ]; born 6 March 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League BH club Zrinjski Mostar.
[17][18] Following his injury, he was replaced by Nicolas Taravel[19] but resumed training after only a week[20] making a comeback, and also debut in the league, five days later, on 9 September, in a 5–2 win over NK Moslavina.
[24] Mamić played five more games in the fall season,[25][26][27] earning two more yellow cards[28] and scoring his first ever league goal from a penalty, on 29 November, in a 3–1 win over NK Rijeka II.
[note 1][59] Having left NK Lokomotiva, Mamić returned in the second round of the 2015–16 Croatian Second Football League on 22 August 2015 in a 2–0 loss against HNK Šibenik.
[66] He did, however, make up for it after another game[67] by scoring his first goal of the season, as well as the equalizer, after having received a yellow card, in a 2–1 turnover victory over HNK Šibenik.
[79][80] Mamić continued the season in style scoring the first goal from a penalty in a 3–2 turnover victory against HNK Segesta and giving an assist to Karlo Majić for the equalizer.
[138][139] A little over two weeks after leaving Frosinone, it was announced that Mamić was joining NK Inter Zaprešić to strengthen its defense,[140] along with Mato Grgić, after Jakov Filipović had left.
[142] Mamić, again donning the number 3, made his competitive debut for Inter and return to the Croatian First Football League on 10 September 2017, earning a yellow card, in a 0–3 loss against his former club NK Lokomotiva.
[159] He played all three group matches,[160][161] doubling the team's lead in the last game with a header in a 2–0 victory over FK Borac Banja Luka and cementing their spot in the final.
[183] On 15 June HNK Rijeka officially announced that Mamić had been transferred to the team[184] and three days later during his introduction confirmed it to be on a four-year contract to compete with Leonard Zhuta for the starting left back position.
[224] After a benching, Petar played full-time in the next two matches,[225] earning a yellow and giving an assist to Antonio Čolak for the leading goal in the second one on 15 May, an eventual 1–2 loss against NK Osijek.
[227][228] Still recovering from the osteomyelitis which had plagued him for the last nine rounds of the previous season, and in view of HNK Rijeka rejecting a proposition to acquire Giorgos Valerianos[229] while at the same time eyeing Abdu Conté,[230] both left backs, Mamić joined the team on trials on 17 June[231] and started them in style by scoring the opening goal in a friendly 3–1 victory over NK Bravo on 21 June.
[240] However, since this was a commonplace practice in Croatian football, the appeal fell on deaf ears[241] and due to all this, Mamić was absent from the remaining five games of the half-season.
As for his suspended teammates, Roberto Punčec had left the club two weeks after their suspension[242] and had joined Sporting Kansas City ten days later,[243] Zoran Kvržić had transferred to Kayserispor on 9 January 2020[244] and Lorenco Šimić's loan had been transferred to DAC Dunajská Streda on 6 February,[245] leaving Mamić the sole suspended player one round into the start of the second half of the season.
Having returned left back Daniel Štefulj from his loan to NK Varaždin on 11 January,[246] it had become obvious that HNK Rijeka had no intention of rehabilitating Mamić.
[257] Following relaxed pandemic measures, over six weeks after their suspension, senior team practice resumed on 27 April[258] and Petar played in all three friendly warm up games.
[264] After yet another win,[265] Mamić gave an assist to Jorge Obregón in a 1–0 victory over NK Inter on 25 June and was pronounced man of the match as well as earning a second spot in Telesport's ideal XI.
[275] Ultimately his contract with HNK Rijeka was terminated on 10 September as negotiations with Istra fell through and talks of interest from Cracovia and some Romanian clubs surfaced.
[290][291][292] Upon returning to Poland, Petar made his Ekstraklasa debut on 31 January, playing the full 90 minutes and earning a yellow card in a 1–0 victory over Legia Warsaw.
[300] He at last returned to the league pitch in style on 20 April, giving an assist to Rafał Janicki for the team's opening goal and equalizer before being substituted out in an eventual 3–4 loss to Śląsk Wrocław.
[302][303][304][305] With Podbeskidzie ending up relegated and Petar being one of the club's more expensive players, they amicably agreed not to extend his contract, leaving him a free agent on 18 June.
[306][307] A week after the 2021 summer transfer window had closed, news surfaced that Petar was returning to the Croatian First Football League and joining newly promoted NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac in yet another bid to avoid relegation.
[312] After qualifying for the Elite round Mamić scored the first goal against Spain after a corner kick in the 45' minute eventually leading to Croatia's victory.
[329] He joined the team for the autumn 2017 part of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification and debuted in the competition as a last-minute substitute in a 5–1 victory over the Czech Republic on 9 October 2017.
[336] He was named in the preliminary squad for the Euro[337] but eventually missed the cut due to osteomyelitis and so didn't accompany the team for two friendlies as well as the entire tournament.
[339] Exclusively a left field player, his natural role is a defensive back with occasional bursts along the line towards the opposing goal in which he can center or even shoot.
[346] He is currently enrolled in the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Zagreb[347] and is working on his master's thesis in accounting titled "Taxation of Athletes in Croatia".
[348] His father Ivica (pronounced [ǐʋit͡sä]) played for Dinamo's cadets along with football coach Nikola Jurčević[349] who is Petar's confirmation sponsor.
[350] He is also a distant relation of football manager brothers Zoran and Zdravko Mamić as both families trace routes to the village of Zidine.
[351] Petar participated on 14 August 2021 in a charitable event organized by Serbian owned Croatian gambling company Germania Sport by betting, correctly, on a humanitarian ballot on the outcome of five games and winning 4220 Kuna for the Orphanage in Nazor's Street in Zagreb.