Zsolt Varga (water polo, born 1972)
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| Born |
9 March 1972 Budapest, Hungary[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Hungarian, Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | FTC-Telekom (head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–2002 |
 Hungary | 295 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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–2014 | Hungary U20 (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012– | FTC-Telekom (youth) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013– | FTC-Telekom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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 Olympic.org (archived)
- Zsolt Varga at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Zsolt Varga at Olympics.com
- Zsolt Varga at Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
- Zsolt Varga at Olympedia
- Zsolt Varga at Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
- Zsolt Varga at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Water polo players from Budapest
- Hungarian male water polo players
- Water polo centre forwards
- Water polo players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary in water polo
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- Hungarian water polo coaches