Igor Omrčen (born 26 September 1980 in
Split
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) is a retired
volleyball
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player from
Croatia
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. He twice became top scorer at the
Men's European Volleyball League
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: in 2004 and 2006. Omrčen played as a professional in
Italy
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for 12 years.
In 2019, Omrčen ended his career playing in Japan's
V.League for
Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza.
Omrčen has been described as the greatest Croatian volleyball player of all time.
References
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1980 births
Living people
Croatian men's volleyball players
Sportspeople from Split, Croatia
Croatian expatriate volleyball players in Italy
Expatriate volleyball players in Japan
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
21st-century Croatian sportsmen
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