Miho Bošković (born 11 January 1983) is a Croatian professional

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player. He was part of the Croatia national team, that won the gold medal at the

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, as well as gold medals at the 2007 World Championship and 2010 European Championship, and bronze medals at the

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and 2011 World Championships. Bošković plays for Vasas SC in the Hungarian Championship, at the position of the offensive player. He has played 108 matches for the national team., playing his first match in

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, at the 2005 World Championship. With Jug, he won the 2005–06 LEN Champions League,

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, several national championships and cups. He was named the best European water polo player in 2007 and 2012, by LEN. Scoring 369 goals, he has been the all-time top goalscorer for the senior Croatia national team.

Honours

Club

Jug Dubrovnik * LEN Champions League: 2005–06; ''runners-up'': 2006–07, 2007–08, 2012–13 *

: 2006 *

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: 2008–09 * Croatian Championship: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2015–16 * Croatian Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 Vasas * Hungarian Championship: 2011–12

Awards

* LEN "European Player of the Year" award: 2007, 2012 * Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2007 with Jug Dubrovnik

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* 1983 births Living people Water polo players from Dubrovnik Croatian male water polo players 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Water polo drivers Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Croatian expatriate water polo players Vasas SC water polo players Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary European Water Polo Championship medalists {{Croatia-Olympic-medalist-stub

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