Igor Vori

Igor Vori (born 20 September 1980) is a Croatian retired handball player and current coach. He is currently working as the sports director of the Croatian national team.

Igor Vori
Vori with HSV Hamburg in 2009
Personal information
Born (1980-09-20) 20 September 1980
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Playing position Pivot
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)
Teams managed
2020
 RK Zagreb
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
2004 AthensTeam
2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
2003 Portugal
2005 Tunisia
2009 Croatia
2013 Spain
European Championship
2008 Norway
2010 Austria
2012 Serbia
Mediterranean Games
2018 TarragonaAssistant coach

Vori competed for Croatia in the 2004, 2008 and the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3][4]

Club career

Vori played in RK Zagreb and has also played for FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. He won the EHF Champions League with HSV Hamburg during the 2012–13 season. Vori was shortlisted in the IHF's election of the 2009 World Handball Player of the Year. He retired in June 2018.

International career

Vori is World champion from 2003,[5] and Olympic champion from 2004 with the Croatian national team.[6] 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 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, Vori was part of the Croatian squad that reached the semifinals, after defeating Denmark in the quarter-final. They lost their semifinal against France and lost to Spain in the bronze medal match, ending fourth in the tournament.[2]

At the 2009 World Championship held in Croatia, 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.

Vori was part of the Croatian squad at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where they lost to France in the semifinal, winning the bronze medal game against Hungary,[2] as well as he has played with Croatia at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships, and 2014 and 2018 European Championships.

Coaching career

On 1 June 2020, following the resignation of Veselin Vujović, Vori was named the new head coach of RK Zagreb, which became his first head coaching job in career.[7] On 9 October, he was sacked.[8]

Honours

Zagreb

  • Croatian Premier League: 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2017–18
  • Croatian Cup: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018

Conversano

  • Serie A: 2002–03
  • Italian Cup: 2003

FC Barcelona

HSV Hamburg

PSG

Individual

Orders

References
  1. EHF profile
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Igor Vori". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  3. "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  4. handball-world. "Croatia: restart after home EURO comes with "familiar faces having new roles"". handball-world. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  5. "Croatia" Archived 2008-02-05 at the Wayback Machine – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
  6. Profile: "Igor Vori" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
  7. "Igor Vori naslijedio Veselina Vujovića na klupi PPD Zagreba". sportnet.rtl.hr. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  8. Hina (9 October 2020). "Igor Vori više nije trener PPD Zagreba". N1 HR (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  9. "Igor Vori biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).
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