Mauro Perković

Mauro Perković grew up in Pula and came through the youth ranks at NK Pula ICI before moving to NK Istra 1961, where he stayed until his senior debut in 2020. Over three seasons at Istra he made 48 league appearances and scored three goals, form that took him to GNK Dinamo Zagreb, first on loan in February 2023 and then permanently that July for a fee of around €1.8 million. At Dinamo he won back-to-back Croatian league titles in 2022–23 and 2023–24, along with the Croatian Cup in 2023–24, in a spell that brought 30 league and five cup appearances across his loan and permanent stints.

In February 2025, Perković moved to Cracovia Kraków on loan from Dinamo Zagreb, an arrangement that also saw him turn out for Cracovia II as they won the IV liga Lesser Poland title in 2024–25. The loan carried an option to buy, which Cracovia exercised on 5 December 2025, making the move permanent for a fee estimated between €800,000 and €1 million and tying him to the club until 30 June 2029; Dinamo retained a 10% sell-on clause. He scored five goals in 22 league appearances during his loan spell and has added two more goals in 18 league games since the transfer was made permanent.

Perković has represented Croatia at youth level, with caps for the under-16, under-19 and under-21 sides between 2019 and 2024, though he has yet to be capped by the senior national team.