Andrija Mutafelija

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Andrija Mutafelija (Slavonski Brod, 1883 - Zagreb, 1970) was a Croatian footballer and an important figure in the development of the game within Croatia.

He was born in Slavonski Brod in 1883. As a member of the early Croatian football club PNIŠK, he was one of the first footballers in Zagreb. He played from 1903 to 1906. He co-founded HŠK Građanski Zagreb and was its first president from 1911 to 1914. He is credited with making the club competitive in the period directly after the First World War. By trade he was a hat salesman. He died in Zagreb in 1970.