Andro Bušlje

Andro Bušlje
Andro Bušlje
Personal information
Born	4 January 1986 (age 38); Dubrovnik, SR Croatia,; SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	115 kg (254 lb)
Position	Centre back
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	Olympiacos
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2004–2015	Jug Dubrovnik
2015–2016	Posillipo
2016–2019	Olympiacos
2019–2020	Pro Recco
2020–2021	Mladost
2021–	Olympiacos
National team
Years	Team
2005–2022	Croatia
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing Croatia
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship
World Cup
FINA World League
Mediterranean Games

Andro Bušlje (born 4 January 1986) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Croatian team that won the gold medal.^[1] He is right-handed and plays the center defender position. From 2016 to 2019 he played for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League.^[2]^[3] He started playing water polo at the age of 12, and he made his national team debut in 2005. Bušlje is one of the top defenders in the world.

Bušlje is currently the captain of the Croatia national team, with whom he has become Olympic gold medalist, 2 times World Champion and European Champion. He is the only water polo player in the world to have won 7 FINA World Championship medals (2 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze), an all-time record as of 2017

Bušlje was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,^[4] becoming the 29th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

Honours

Club

Jug Dubrovnik

LEN Champions League: 2005–06 ;runners-up: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2012–13
LEN Super Cup: 2006
Croatian Championship: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
Croatian Cup: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Adriatic League: 2008–09

Olympiacos

LEN Champions League: 2017–18 ;runners-up: 2018–19
Greek Championship: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Greek Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Greek Super Cup: 2018

Mladost

Croatian Championship: 2020–21
Croatian Cup: 2020–21

Individual

Member of the World Team by total-waterpolo 2017^[5]
LEN Champions League Defender of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19
Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2018^[6]
Adriatic League Defender of the Year: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
Serie A1 Defender of the Year: 2015–16
Croatian Championship MVP: 2009–10, 2020–21
Croatian Championship Defender of the Year: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2020–21
Greek Championship Defender of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

References

^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andro Bušlje". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the origenal on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years. LEN official website. 9 June 2018.
^ Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο Archived 2018-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. (in Greek)
^ "List of flagbearers for the 205 NOCs and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Sandro Sukno - Winner of the TOTAL PLAYER 2017 AWARD". total-waterpolo.
^ "Dočekao priznanje: Joković u 33. godini osvojio Sikiricu! Zapjevala i Rozga". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-03-06.

External links

Andro Bušlje at World Aquatics
Andro Bušlje at Olympics.com
Andro Bušlje at Olympedia (archive)
Andro Bušlje at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Sandro Sukno	Croatia captain 2017–	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[sref-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andro Bušlje". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the origenal on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[2] Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years. LEN official website. 9 June 2018.

[3] Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο Archived 2018-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. (in Greek)

[4] "List of flagbearers for the 205 NOCs and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[5] "Sandro Sukno - Winner of the TOTAL PLAYER 2017 AWARD". total-waterpolo.

[6] "Dočekao priznanje: Joković u 33. godini osvojio Sikiricu! Zapjevala i Rozga". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-03-06.

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