Igor Vori

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. He holds the record for most appearances for the Croatian national team with 246 caps.

Igor Vori
Vori playing for RK Zagreb in 2016
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
Club information
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
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2018
Croatia 246 (590)
Teams managed
2018–2020
Croatia (assistant coach)
2020
RK Zagreb
2022–
Croatia U21
2022–2023
TV Großwallstadt
2023–
MRK Sesvete
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

Voted most valuable player at the 2009 World Championship and best defensive player at the 2008 European Championship, Vori also received two silver and one bronze World Championship medal (2005, 2009, 2013), two silver and one bronze European Championship 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.

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