Josip Vrlić (born 25 April 1986) is a Croatian professional

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player. He was part of the Brazilian team at the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...

and

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. His younger brother

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is also water polo player, playing for

VK Primorje VK Primorje Erste Bank ( hr, Vaterpolski klub Primorje Erste Bank, commonly referred to as VK Primorje EB) is a professional water polo club based in Rijeka, Croatia. As of 2021–22 season, the club competes in the Croatian League and Regional ...

from Rijeka. He is the heaviest water polo player and cited as ''"one of the strongest water polo players in the world."'' As of July 2019, it is revealed Vrlić has transferred to

HAVK Mladost Hrvatski akademski vaterpolo klub Mladost ( en, Croatian Academic Water Polo Club Mladost) or simply HAVK Mladost is a professional water polo club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club was formed in 1946 and it is part of the Mladost sports societ ...

from Barceloneta, water polo club from

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Honours

Club

Jug Dubrovnik *

LEN Champions League The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of nam ...

: 2015–16 ;''runners-up'': 2016–17 *

LEN Super Cup The LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club competitions, the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. From 1976 to 2002, the LEN Super Cup was contested betwe ...

: 2016 * Croatian Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17 *

Adriatic League The ABA League, renamed to the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the 1st-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Mace ...

: 2015–16, 2016–17 Atlètic-Barceloneta * Spanish Championship: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

: 2010, 2013, 2018, 2019 *

Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España or the ''Spanish Super Cup'' is a super cup tournament in Spanish football. Founded in 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2019–20 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of ...

: 2018, 2019 Botafogo *Brazilian Championship: 2013–14 Mladost * Croatian Championship: 2020–21 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup * Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup *Croatian Minute Movie Cup ...

: 2020–21 Radnički Kragujevac *

Serbian Cup The Serbian Cup ( Serbian: Куп Србије, Kup Srbije) is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round. From 2006 to 2010, the competition was known as the Lav Cup ...

: 2014–15, 2021–22

Awards

*Member of the World Team 2019, 2022 by ''total-waterpolo''

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* Brazilian male water polo players Croatian male water polo players Living people Sportspeople from Rijeka 1986 births Pan American Games medalists in water polo Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Water polo players at the 2015 Pan American Games Olympic water polo players for Brazil Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Expatriate water polo players World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players for Croatia Naturalized citizens of Brazil Naturalised sports competitors Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia {{Croatia-waterpolo-bio-stub

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