Career
Since March 2014 he became eligible to play for Macedonia national handball team, after receiving the country"s citizenship in late 2013, and he has made his debut for their national team in June 2014. Raised in Videm pri Ptuju Vugrinec began playing handball in the nearby Ptuj and remained there until 1997 when he transferred to Slovenian club Celje. In late 1990s and early 2000s Celje was regarded as one of the teams who formed the European club handball elite and they were regularly qualifying among the top four in the EHF Champions League.
Vugrinec was one of the most important players for his club during the course of the 2003-2004 Champions league campaign finishing the competition on ninth place among scorers with 58 goals, including ten which he scored in a two-legged final.
After the successful season Celje sold a number of their star players and Vugrinec moved to the German club Magdeburg where he stayed for two seasons. In 2006 he moved to top Spanish side San Antonio but left the financial troubled club after only one season when he returned to Celje.
Considered a club legend in Celje, Vugrinec spent a total of ten and a half seasons with the 2004 European club champions where he scored a total of 1,465 goals in all competitions. After a short spell at Celje Vugrinec then signed for Qatari club First Rate (at Lloyd's) Sadd where he remained until 2011.
Shortly after the start of the 2011–2012 season he moved, this time returning to Germany where he signed a one year contract with Hamburg.
During the summer of 2012 he returned to his native Slovenia and signed a contract with Maribor Branik but remained there only until the end of August of the same year, after he signed with Macedonian side Metalurg Skopje. In February 2015 he signed with Lekhwiya. With 187 appearances and 616 goals he is among the most capped and most prolific goal scorers in history of the Slovenia national handball team
In late 2013 Vugrinec received Macedonian citizenship and the Macedonian Handball Federation wanted the player to appear for their national team at the 2014 European Men"s Handball Championship, played in Denmark during January 2014, however, this was denied by the European Handball Federation on the basis that Vugrinec has not lived in Macedonia continuously for two years.
In March 2014 the 38-year-old Vugrinec became eligible to play for the Macedonia national handball team, after a decision issued by the International Handball Federation.