Andro Bušlje
# Andro Bušlje

Andro Bušlje (born 4 January 1986) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Croatian team that won the gold medal. He is right-handed and plays the center defender position. From 2016 to 2019 he played for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League. He started playing water polo at the age of 12, and he made his national team debut in 2005. Bušlje is one of the top defenders in the world.

Bušlje is currently the captain of the Croatia national team, with whom he has become Olympic gold medalist, 2 times World Champion and European Champion. He is the only water polo player in the world to have won 7 FINA World Championship medals (2 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze), an all-time record as of 2017

Bušlje was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, becoming the 29th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

## Honours

### Club

Jug Dubrovnik

* LEN Champions League: 2005–06 ;runners-up: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2012–13
* LEN Super Cup: 2006
* Croatian Championship: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
* Croatian Cup: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
* Adriatic League: 2008–09

Olympiacos

* LEN Champions League: 2017–18 ;runners-up: 2018–19
* Greek Championship: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
* Greek Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
* Greek Super Cup: 2018

Mladost

* Croatian Championship: 2020–21
* Croatian Cup: 2020–21

### Individual

* Member of the World Team by total-waterpolo 2017
* Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2018
* Adriatic League Defender of the Year: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
* Serie A1 Defender of the Year: 2015–16
* Croatian Championship MVP: 2009–10, 2020–21
* Croatian Championship Defender of the Year: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2020–21
* Greek Championship Defender of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
