Igor Vori
Igor Vori | |||
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Igor Vori in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
Born |
Sesvete, SFR Yugoslavia | 20 September 1980||
Nationality | Croatian | ||
Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Pivot | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
1997–2001 | RK Zagreb | ||
2001–2002 | Alpi Pallamano Prato | ||
2002–2003 | Pallamano Conversano | ||
2003–2005 | RK Zagreb | ||
2005–2007 | FC Barcelona | ||
2007–2009 | RK Zagreb | ||
2009–2013 | HSV Hamburg | ||
2013–2016 | PSG Handball | ||
2016–2018 | RK Zagreb | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2018 | Croatia | 240 | (587) |
Title | |||
2018–present | Manager of coaching staff | Croatia | |
Igor Vori (born 20 September 1980) is a Croatian former handball player.[1]
Having appeared at three Olympics, he has a gold medal (2004) and a bronze medal (2012).[2][3]
Club career
Igor Vori played in RK Zagreb from Zagreb and has also played for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. He won the EHF Champions League with HSV Hamburg during the 2012–13 season. He was shortlisted in the IHF's election of the 2009 World Handball Player of the Year. He retired in June 2018.
International career
He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team,[4] and Olympic champion from 2004.[5] He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European championship, where he also was voted Best defensive player. At the 2009 World Championships, Vori was part of the silver medal winning team, as well as being voted 'Player of the Tournament', but was given a red card during the final match after pretending to throw the ball at a referee's face.
Honours
- Zagreb
- Croatian Premier League: 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2016-17
- Croatian Cup: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2017
- Conversano
- Serie A: 2002-03
- Italian Cup: 2003
- Barcelona
- Liga ASOBAL: 2005-06
- Copa del Rey: 2007
- Supercopa ASOBAL: 2006-07
- Pirenees Leagues: 2005-06, 2006-07
- HSV
- Bundesliga: 2010-11
- DHB-Pokal: 2010
- Super Cup: 2009, 2010
- EHF Champions League: 2012-13
- PSG
- LNH Division 1: 2014-15, 2015-16
- Coupe de France: 2014, 2015
- Trophée des champions: 2014, 2015
- Individual
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - 2004
- Best defensive player at 2008 European Championship
- Player of the Tournament at 2009 World Men's Handball Championship
- Best line player at 2010 European Championship
Orders
References
- ↑ EHF profile
- ↑ "Igot Vori at sports-reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ↑ "Croatia" Archived 2008-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
- ↑ Profile: "Igor Vori" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
- ↑ "Igor Vori biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).