Igor Omrčen

Igor Omrčen
Omrčen in 2011
Personal information
Born (1980-09-26) 26 September 1980 (age 44)[1]
Split, Croatia
Height208 cm (6 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight95 kg (209 lb)[1]
Spike359 cm (141 in)[1]
Block340 cm (134 in)[1]

Igor Omrčen (born 26 September 1980 in Split) is a retired volleyball player from Croatia. He twice became top scorer at the Men's European Volleyball League: in 2004 and 2006. Omrčen played as a professional in Italy for 12 years.[2][3] In 2019, Omrčen ended his career playing in Japan's V.League for Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza.[4][5]

Omrčen has been described as the greatest Croatian volleyball player of all time.[6][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Reprezentacija Hrvatske - Seniori". hos.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Igor Omrčen je kandidat za najboljeg odbojkaša u Italiji".
  3. ^ a b "Hrvatski razarač postao japanski imperator".
  4. ^ "The end of a great career – Igor Omrcen says goodbye to volleyball". 24 March 2019.
  5. ^ "STEKAO JE STATUS BOŽANSTVA! U JAPANU POTEKLE SUZE NA OPROŠTAJU POZNATOG HRVATSKOG SPORTAŠA 'Kofera mi je preko glave, sve ću ih pobacati...'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Najveći hrvatski odbojkaš svih vremena završio profesionalnu karijeru: 'Hvala na svemu!'".


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