Igor Omrčen

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'''Igor Omrčen''' (born 26 September 1980) is a retired volleyball player from Croatia. He twice became top scorer at the Men's European Volleyball League: in 2004 and 2006. Omrčen played as a professional in Italy for 12 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.24sata.hr/sport/igor-omrcen-je-kandidat-za-najboljeg-odbojkasa-u-italiji-300039|title=Igor Omrčen je kandidat za najboljeg odbojkaša u Italiji}}</ref><ref name="tportal.hr">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tportal.hr/sport/clanak/hrvatski-razarac-postao-japanski-imperator-20160422|title=Hrvatski razarač postao japanski imperator}}</ref> In 2019, Omrčen ended his career playing in Japan's V.League for Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldofvolley.com/Latest_news/Othercountries/103604/the-end-of-a-great-career--igor-omrcen-says-goodbye-to-volleyball.html|title = The end of a great career – Igor Omrcen says goodbye to volleyball|date = 24 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/planet-hrvatska/stekao-je-status-bozanstva-u-japanu-potekle-suze-na-oprostaju-poznatog-hrvatskog-sportasa-kofera-mi-je-preko-glave-sve-cu-ih-pobacati/8661548/|title=STEKAO JE STATUS BOŽANSTVA! U JAPANU POTEKLE SUZE NA OPROŠTAJU POZNATOG HRVATSKOG SPORTAŠA 'Kofera mi je preko glave, sve ću ih pobacati...' |date=27 March 2019|work=Sportske novosti|language=hr|accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref>

Omrčen has been described as the greatest Croatian volleyball player of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vijesti.rtl.hr/sport/ostalo/3418085/najveci-hrvatski-odbojkas-svih-vremena-zavrsio-profesionalnu-karijeru-hvala-na-svemu/|title=Najveći hrvatski odbojkaš svih vremena završio profesionalnu karijeru: 'Hvala na svemu!'}}</ref><ref name="tportal.hr"/>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Omrcen, Igor}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Croatian men's volleyball players Category:Sportspeople from Split, Croatia Category:Croatian expatriate volleyball players in Italy Category:Expatriate volleyball players in Japan Category:Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Category:21st-century Croatian sportsmen