Croatian water polo player (born 1986)
Andro Bušlje Personal information Born (1986-01-04 ) 4 January 1986 (age 39) 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
Andro Bušlje (born 4 January 1986) is a Croatianwater polo player who competed in the2008 Summer Olympics ,2012 Summer Olympics and2016 Summer Olympics .[ 1] [ 1] Olympiacos , with whom he won the2017–18 LEN Champions League .[ 2] [ 3]
Bušlje is currently the captain of theCroatia national team , with whom he has become Olympic gold medalist, 2 times World Champion and European Champion. He isthe 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 tocarry the national flag of Croatia at theclosing ceremony of the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo ,[ 4] 29th water polo player to be aflag bearer at the opening and closingceremonies of the Olympics .
Jug Dubrovnik
LEN Champions League :2005–06 ;runners-up :2006–07 ,2007–08 ,2012–13 LEN Super Cup : 2006Croatian Championship : 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13Croatian Cup : 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10Adriatic League : 2008–09Olympiacos
Mladost
Member of the World Team bytotal-waterpolo 2017[ 5] LEN Champions League Defender of the Year:2017–18 ,2018–19 ,2024–25 Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2018[ 6] Adriatic League Defender of the Year: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14Serie A1 Defender of the Year: 2015–16Croatian Championship MVP : 2009–10, 2020–21Croatian 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, 2020–21Greek Championship Defender of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19Sporting positions Preceded by Croatia captain Succeeded byIncumbent
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