Zsolt Varga (water polo, born 1972)
Appearance
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Born |
Budapest, Hungary[1] | 19 March 1972||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Hungarian, Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Centre forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | FTC-Telekom (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
KSI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–1989 | KSI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Újpesti Dózsa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1997 | BVSC-Westel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2001 | Mladost-Croatia osiguranje | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2004 | Savona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2008 | Bissolati Cremona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | → Sirens (Summer League) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Posillipo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | FTC-Fisher Klíma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–2002 |
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Teams coached | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–2014 | Hungary U20 (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012– | FTC-Telekom (youth) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013– | FTC-Telekom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zsolt Varga (born March 9, 1972 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the golden medals squad at the 2000. He also participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed 4th. He made his debut for the national side in 1990, at the European Nations Cup in Rome, Italy.[citation needed]
Honours
National
- Olympic Games:
Gold medal - 2000
- World Championships:
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 competetions:
- Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1): (1999 - with Mladost)
Domestic competetions:
- 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
See also
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo
- List of world champions in men's water polo
References
- ^ Zsolt Varga. sports-reference.com
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Hungarian male water polo players
- Olympic water polo players of Hungary
- Water polo players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
- Sportspeople from Budapest
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics