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

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, 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 water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player. He was part of the Brazilian team at the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), ...

and

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. He won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. His younger brother Mislav is also water polo player, playing for

VK Primorje VK 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 First League of Water Polo, Croatian League and Regional Water Polo League, R ...

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 () 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 society. As of the 2021–22 season, it competes in ...

from Barceloneta, water polo club from

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for which he will be playing in upcoming months.JOSIP VRLIĆ NOVO POJAČANJE MLADOSTI
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Honours

Club

Jug Dubrovnik *

LEN Champions League The European Aquatics 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 ...

: 2015–16; ''runners-up'': 2016–17 *

LEN Super Cup The European Aquatics Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by European Aquatics and contested by the reigning champions of the two most important European club competitions, the European Aquatics Champions League and the European A ...

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

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

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

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

: 2010, 2013, 2018, 2019 *

Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España, also known as the Spanish Super Cup, is a super cup tournament in Football in Spain, Spanish football. Founded in 1982 Supercopa de España, 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2 ...

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

Serbian Cup The Serbian Cup ( Serbian: Куп Србије / Kup Srbije), also known as Mozzart Serbian Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round. ...

: 2014–15, 2021–22

Awards

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

Center Forward of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19

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* Brazilian male water polo players Croatian male water polo players Living people Sportspeople from Rijeka 1986 births Pan American Games silver 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 Croatian 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 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 Brazilian people of Croatian descent European Water Polo Championship medalists Water polo players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in water polo 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Croatia-waterpolo-bio-stub

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