Zsolt Varga (water polo, born 1972)
Appearance
Zsolt Varga | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born |
Budapest, Hungary[1] | 9 March 1972||
Nationality |
Hungarian Italian | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position | Centre forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hungary (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
KSI | |||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
–1989 | KSI | ||
1989–1990 | Újpest | ||
1990–1997 | BVSC | ||
1997–2001 | HAVK Mladost | ||
2001–2004 | Savona | ||
2004–2008 | Bissolati Cremona | ||
2007 | → Sirens (Summer League) | ||
2008–2010 | Posillipo | ||
2010–2012 | Ferencváros | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | |
–2002 | Hungary | 295 | |
Teams coached | |||
–2014 | Hungary U20 (assistant) | ||
2012– | Ferencváros (youth) | ||
2013–2023 | Ferencváros | ||
2022–present | Hungary | ||
Last updated: 2 August 2023 |
Zsolt Varga (born March 9, 1972, in
Rome, Italy.[citation needed
]
Honours
National
- Olympic Games: Gold medal - 2000
- Silver medal - 1998
- European Championship: Gold medal - 1997, 1999; Silver medal - 1993, 1995; Bronze medal - 2001
- Junior European Championship: (Bronze medal - 1988, 1990)
Club
European competitions:
- Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1): (1999 - with Mladost)
Domestic competitions:
- Hungarian Championship (OB I): 2x (1996, 1997 - with BVSC)
- Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 1x (1995 - with BVSC)
- Croatian Championship (Prva HVL): 1x (1999 - with Mladost)
- Croatian Cup (Kup Hrvatske): 2x (1998, 1999 - with Mladost)
Awards
- Youth water polo player of the year: 1989
- Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000
- Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 1996
- Orders
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary(2000)
See also
- Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
- ^ Zsolt Varga. sports-reference.com
External links
- Zsolt Varga at the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
- Zsolt Varga at Olympics.com
- Zsolt Varga at Olympedia
- Zsolt Varga at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)