Marijan Žužej (8 February 1934 – 18 December 2011) was a Croatian water polo player of Slovenian origin.

[1] Žužej was born in Maribor to Slovenian parents and lost his father at early age.

Žužej took up swimming and water polo in 1946, and in 1954 was included to the Yugoslav national team that won a bronze medal at European championships.

He recovered by the 1960 Olympics, but retired from competitions after that to become a water polo coach and administrator at his club HAVK Mladost.

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