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Dénes Varga

Dénes Varga
Varga at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Dénes Andor Varga
Born (1987-03-29) 29 March 1987 (age 37)
Budapest, Hungary[1]
Nickname Dumi
Nationality Hungarian
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Position Wing, Driver
Handedness Right
Club information
Current team Ferencváros
Number 10
Youth career
Újpest
Senior clubs
Years Team
–2004
Újpest
2005–2010
Vasas
2010–2014
Primorje Rijeka
2014–2017
Szolnok
2017–2024
Ferencváros
National team
Years Team Apps
2004–
Hungary 246
Last updated: 1 August 2023

Dénes Andor Varga (born 29 March 1987) is a Hungarian professional water polo player, currently playing for Ferencváros.

He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, together with his older brother Dániel.[1]

Honours

National

  • Olympic Games: gold medal – 2008; bronze medal – 2020
  • World Championships: gold medal – 2013; 2023; silver medal – 2007, 2017
  • European Championship: gold medal – 2020; silver medal – 2006, 2014; bronze medal – 2008, 2012, 2016
  • FINA World League: silver medal – 2007, 2013, 2014
  • FINA World Cup: silver medal – 2014
  • Junior World Championships: (gold medal – 2007; Silver medal – 2003)
  • Junior European Championship: (silver medal – 2002, 2006; Bronze medal – 2004)
  • Youth European Championship: (silver medal – 2003)

Club

Vasas (TEVA-VasasPlaket)

Primorje Rijeka (Primorje Erste banka)

Szolnok (Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP)

Ferencváros (FTC PQS Waterpolo, FTC-Telekom)

Awards

Orders

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Dénes Varga. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Dénes Varga Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. ^ a b c Dénes Varga Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  4. ^ "Jug Dubrovnik stuns everyone, FINAL6 – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Total Waterpolo Player Award 2019".
  6. ^ "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Most Valuable Player of
Water Polo World Championship

2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by FINA Water Polo Player of the Year
2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by Most Valuable Player of
European Water Polo Championship

2014
2020
Succeeded by