Igor Vori (born 20 September 1980) is a Croatian handball coach and former player who is currently the coach of Croatian club MRK Sesvete. Regarded as one of the best line players in handball history and renowned for his defensive and attacking abilities, Vori won the 2003 World Championship and the Olympic gold medal in 2004 with the Croatian national team, and over thirty club titles playing for RK Zagreb, FC Barcelona, HSV Hamburg and Paris Saint-Germain.[1][2][3] He holds the record for most appearances for the Croatian national team with 246 caps.[4]
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| Born |
20 September 1980 Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | MRK Sesvete (manager) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | RK Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Füchse Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2018 | Croatia | 246 | (590) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018–2020 | Croatia (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | RK Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Croatia U21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | TV Großwallstadt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | MRK Sesvete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Voted most valuable player at the 2009 World Championship and best defensive player at the 2008 European Championship, Vori also earned two World Championship silver medals and one bronze medal (2005, 2009, 2013), two silver European Championship medals and one bronze medal (2008, 2010, 2012), and one Olympic bronze medal (2012) with the Croatian national team. He was previously the sporting director of the Croatian national teams.[5]
Club career
editVori began his senior handball career with RK Zagreb in 1997. After winning four league and three cup titles, he moved to Italian club Pallamano Prato in 2001 and joined Pallamano Conversano the following year, winning the Italian league and cup with the latter. In 2003, Vori returned to RK Zagreb, before joining Spanish team FC Barcelona in 2005. He won the league, cup and super cup with the club, before returning to RK Zagreb in 2007. Following two seasons with the team, Vori transferred to German club HSV Hamburg, where he won league and cup titles, and the EHF Champions League.
In 2013, Vori moved to French club Paris Saint-Germain, winning consecutive league and cup titles for two seasons. He returned to RK Zagreb for a fourth stint in 2016, before retiring after the 2017–18 season. Towards the end of the 2018–19 season, Vori came out of retirement to briefly play for RK Zagreb.[6][4] In March 2022, Vori joined German club Füchse Berlin for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[7]
International career
editVori made his debut for the Croatian national team in 2001. He won the 2003 World Championship and the Olympic gold medal in 2004 with the national team.[8][9] The Croatian team placed second at the 2005 World Championship and the 2008 European Championship, with Vori voted best defensive player at the latter tournament. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Vori and the national team placed fourth after losing to Spain in the bronze medal match.[10]
At the 2009 World Championship held in Croatia, the Croatian team finished second, while Vori was voted most valuable player and best pivot of the tournament. He was given a red card during the last minutes of the final match after pretending to throw the ball at a referee's face.[11] Vori and the national team placed second at the 2010 European Championship, where he was again included on the tournament's All-Star Team as best pivot.
At the 2012 European Championship, Vori placed third with the national team. He was part of the Croatian squad that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[10] Vori and the Croatian team finished third at the 2013 World Championship. During his final years with the national team, he represented Croatia at the European Championships in 2014 and 2018, and the 2015 World Championships. Vori retired from the national team in 2018, having made 246 appearances and scored 590 goals. He captained the team from 2009 to 2015 and holds the record for most appearances for the Croatian national team.[4]
Coaching career
editFollowing his retirement from playing in 2018, Vori joined the Croatian national team as an assistant coach to Lino Červar and won the gold medal at the Mediterranean Games with the team that same year.[6][12] On 1 June 2020, following the resignation of Veselin Vujović, Vori was named the new head coach of RK Zagreb and left his role at the national team.[13][6] He was sacked on 9 October that same year.[14] In March 2022, Vori was announced as new head coach of U21 Croatia national team.[15] In July 2022, he was appointed the new head coach of TV Großwallstadt.[16] He departed the club in January 2023 for personal reasons, citing a wish to return to Croatia.[17] In October 2023, Vori was announced as the new head coach of MRK Sesvete.[18]
Honours
editClub
editZagreb
- 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
- Liga ASOBAL: 2005–06
- Copa del Rey: 2007
- Supercopa ASOBAL: 2006–07
- Pirenees Leagues: 2005–06, 2006–07
HSV Hamburg
- Bundesliga: 2010–11
- DHB-Pokal: 2010
- DHB-Supercup: 2009, 2010
- EHF Champions League: 2012–13
Paris Saint-Germain
- LNH Division 1: 2014–15, 2015–16
- Coupe de France: 2014, 2015
- Trophée des champions: 2014, 2015
Individual
editGeneral
All-Star Team
- Best defensive player of the 2008 European Championship
- Most valuable player and best pivot of the 2009 World Championship
- Best pivot of the 2010 European Championship
Orders
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References
edit- ^ "Igor Vori's list of best team-mates: Amazing Marcin, Nikola is Nikola, "phenomen Narcisse"". Handball Planet. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Igor Vori". archive.ihf.info. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Legend about legend - Dragan Skrbic: Igor Vori is all time best line-player". Handball Planet. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Fuchse Berlin reactivate Igor Vori". Handball Planet. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Igor Vori is new RK PPD Zagreb coach". Handball Planet. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Lemaić, Danijela (2 June 2020). "Igor Vori returns to Zagreb as head coach". ehfcl.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Ein neuer alter Mann in der Kabine von den Füchsen Berlin". www.rbb24.de (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Croatia" Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on 1 February 2008)
- ^ Profile: "Igor Vori" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 1 February 2008)
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Løland, Øyvind (1 February 2009). "Rødt for skuddfinte mot dommeren". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Croatia wins handball gold at Mediterranean Games". Hrvatska radiotelevizija (in Croatian). Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Igor Vori naslijedio Veselina Vujovića na klupi PPD Zagreba". sportnet.rtl.hr. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ Hina (9 October 2020). "Igor Vori više nije trener PPD Zagreba". N1 HR (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ HRS (2 March 2022). "Juniori: Prvo okupljanje u 2022. godini". HRS HR (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Igor Vori wird Cheftrainer des TV Großwallstadt | News | LIQUI MOLY HBL". www.liquimoly-hbl.de (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ Leisgang, Sebastian (20 January 2023). "Ende Legende". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Igor Vori više nije sportski direktor, preuzeo je trenersku klupu Sesveta". Net.hr (in Croatian). 18 October 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Igor Vori biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).
External links
edit- Igor Vori at the European Handball Federation
- Igor Vori at Olympedia
- Igor Vori at Olympics.com
- Igor Vori at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Igor Vori at Olympic.org (archived)
- Igor Vori at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)
