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 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, 2023–24 Greek Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 Greek Super Cup: 2018

Mladost Croatian Championship: 2020–21 Croatian Cup: 2020–21

Individual Member of the World Team by total-waterpolo 2017 LEN Champions League Defender of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2024–25 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