{"id":187568,"date":"2025-09-15T20:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=187568"},"modified":"2025-09-15T20:19:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:19:22","slug":"zdravko-mamic-about-an-incredible-gesture-when-i-was-having-the-hardest-time-a-serb-from-banja-luka-gave-me-22-million-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/zdravko-mamic-about-an-incredible-gesture-when-i-was-having-the-hardest-time-a-serb-from-banja-luka-gave-me-22-million-video\/","title":{"rendered":"ZDRAVKO MAMI\u0106 ABOUT AN INCREDIBLE GESTURE: &#8220;When I was having the hardest time, a Serb from Banja Luka gave me 22 million&#8221; (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>For many years, Zdravko Mami\u0107 was the first man of Zagreb&#8217;s Dinamo and achieved extraordinary results with his work.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, today he is unwelcome at &#8220;Maksimir,&#8221; in Zagreb, and throughout Croatia. As a guest on the show &#8220;Sve u 16&#8221; on K1 television, Mami\u0107 told an incredible story from his life. As he claims, a Serb from Banja Luka, whose name he did not want to reveal, helped him when he was having the hardest time &#8211; and gave him 22 million marks without a word!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;That is not forgotten. Truly, this is for the Guinness Book of Records, or I don&#8217;t know, for Netflix, for some series. I don&#8217;t have a single euro, I don&#8217;t have an account, but I have an idea. And of course, people&#8217;s love has its limits, but this man had never seen me in his life&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; Mami\u0107 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that he found out about the gentleman, the owner of a bank from Banja Luka, and that he announced his visit. &#8220;I came with my daughter Iva, she was 26 at the time. When we arrived, I immediately felt that there was something special there. He welcomed me personally, along with the entire bank management. Of course, my football pedigree played a role &#8211; let&#8217;s not lie: whether they love me or not, they want to meet me. And that is enough for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mami\u0107 then continued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I find out that the gentleman is from Mrkonji\u0107 Grad, a big businessman, with many businesses in the region and Europe. And, although I had never seen him drink then &#8211; because we saw each other many times later &#8211; he told me about his plum brandy. The two of us polished off the whole bottle, and I don&#8217;t usually drink. At that moment he was building about 3,000 apartments in Banja Luka, his sons were working on those buildings. He immediately called them: &#8216;Mami\u0107 is our guest,&#8217; and called them to come and take pictures. Word for word, I honestly tell him: &#8216;Listen, I came to ask &#8211; is there a chance you can help me? No European bank will give me a single euro of credit. Is there a possibility that you could finance my daughter&#8217;s projects?&#8217; And he answers me: &#8216;I don&#8217;t give a f*** about reputational risk. You are my brother. I will give you a loan for whatever you need.&#8217; And the man &#8211; in one day &#8211; 22 million marks! That was my new beginning.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zdravko Mami\u0107: \u201eSrbin mi je pomogao kad je bilo najte\u017ee\u201d | SVE U 16\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rdfsOMrowV0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mami\u0107 also described the gestures he experienced during the visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;One man comes and brings gifts &#8211; the host gets up, takes them, and hands them to my daughter. Then a lady comes, brings gifts &#8211; he receives them and gives them to me. It&#8217;s not a problem for me to open up emotionally when someone gives me such hospitality. During the whole conversation &#8211; and I saw this later &#8211; the man constantly holds a prayer rope in his hand, 24 hours a day. That meant a lot to me. I believe he is a believer. For me, that is a special dimension. Although, the most important thing is whether you are a human being.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Mami\u0107 added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I told him: &#8216;I don&#8217;t know what you did to me &#8211; you wrecked me.&#8217; When you find yourself in trouble, and someone shows you such love &#8211; it&#8217;s indescribable. I look at him and say: &#8216;Listen, I&#8217;m naked. I don&#8217;t know how to repay you. I have nothing to give. Should I take out a kidney? A heart?&#8217; I take the watch off my hand &#8211; an expensive one &#8211; and say: &#8216;I want you to have a memory of me.&#8217; Later, that man comes to Herzegovina to visit my projects &#8211; even though he has no time. He gives me &#8211; an equally expensive watch. That&#8217;s how we left a memory for each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, he concluded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry that I can&#8217;t talk about him by his full name, although many people can guess who it is. There aren&#8217;t many people like that. I don&#8217;t care about anything &#8211; let what I wish for him happen to my children. And what I created with my daughters, thanks in part to him &#8211; if he needed it tomorrow &#8211; I would sign everything over to him. That&#8217;s how much I think about him.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nezavisne.com\/novosti\/drustvo\/Zdravko-Mamic-Kad-mi-je-bilo-najteze-Srbin-iz-Banjaluke-mi-dao-22-miliona-VIDEO\/927398?fbclid=IwY2xjawM1FvpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETF2dTVnNjhKbm9IakVYSXRNAR5T8N8T3tDO16LsuO3-sZsQtgGJqEWn5bpLo2I77xgnV6pth7dr9tGGhrSUNw_aem_UmkXV5ZzKLgj-8fJPn6tUw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nezavisne.com<\/a>, <strong>Photo:<\/strong> Antonio Ahel\u00a0\/ATA Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many years, Zdravko Mami\u0107 was the first man of Zagreb&#8217;s Dinamo and achieved extraordinary results with his work. However, today he is unwelcome at &#8220;Maksimir,&#8221; in Zagreb, and throughout Croatia. As a guest on the show &#8220;Sve u 16&#8221; on K1 television, Mami\u0107 told an incredible story from his life. 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