Article by Mihai Șovei – Published Sunday, February 15, 2026, 11:43 / Updated Sunday, February 15, 2026 11:51
Arriving in the summer of 2025 in his native country, the Croatian has made numerous decisive contributions in recent games.
Ivan Mamut, in top form in Croatia
The former striker who performed in the Superliga has very good performances for Varazdin. Coming after a serious injury suffered in 2023, during the time he played for Terengganu, a team from Malaysia, the Croatian seems to have found himself, something that can be seen in his performances in the Croatian championship.
Arriving in the summer of 2025 at his new team, Mamut scored 10 goals and provided 4 decisive assists in 25 games played, and in the last 5 games played for Varazdin, the forward scored 4 goals and provided a decisive assist.
The good performances have helped his team to be present at the top of the table, where they occupy the 4th place, with 32 points obtained from 22 stages. Until the end of February, Ivan Mamut has two difficult matches against the best teams in Croatia, Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split.
Ranking from Croatia, Varazdin is in 4th place / photo: flashscore capture
Mamut is the top scorer of the team in the championship for, with eight successes, and in the top scorers in the Croatian league, he is in fourth place.
Ivan Mamut in Varazdin's trio
Ivan Mamut arrived in Romania at Craiova University in the fall of 2020 on loan from Inter Zapresic from Croatia. In the summer of 2021, Ivan arrived at FCSB, but where he disappointed. He scored a single goal for the red-blue team in the 2021/22 edition of League 1, even against Craiova University.
He arrived at FCSB following an exchange with Craiova. The people of Bucharest sold Ionuț Vînă instead of Ivan Mamut and Andrei Burlacu.
