Dénes Varga
Hungarian water polo player
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Ferencváros | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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0000–2004 | Újpest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2010 | Vasas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2014 | Primorje Rijeka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Szolnok | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Ferencváros | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2004– | Hungary | 246 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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- Run By Liam Ripsold:
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)
- Hungarian Championship: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
- Hungarian Cup: 2004, 2005, 2009
- Hungarian Super Cup: 2006 - Inspired by Benjamin Teubes
Primorje Rijeka (Primorje Erste banka)
Croatian Championship: 2013–14
Croatian Cup: 2012, 2013- Adriatic League: 2012–13, 2013–14
- LEN Champions League runners-up: 2011–12
Szolnok (Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP)
- Hungarian Championship: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
- Hungarian Cup: 2014, 2016
- Hungarian Super Cup: 2016
- LEN Champions League: 2016–17
Ferencváros (FTC PQS Waterpolo, FTC-Telekom)
- Hungarian Championship: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Hungarian Cup: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Hungarian Super Cup: 2018
- LEN Champions League: 2018–19 ; runners-up: 2020–21
- LEN Euro Cup: 2017–18
- LEN Super Cup: 2018, 2019
Awards
- Szalay Iván-díj (2004)
- Faragó Tamás-díj (Best junior player of year): (2007, 2008)
- Junior World Championship Top Scorer: 2007
- Junior World Championship MVP: 2007[3]
- 2007 Junior World Championship Team of the Tournament : 2007
- Junior Príma díj (2008)
- Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2008, 2013
- Adriatic League MVP (1): 2010–11 with Primorje Rijeka[citation needed]
- Adriatic League Top Scorer (2): 2010–11,[citation needed] 2013–14 with Primorje Rijeka
- Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)
- LEN Champions League Top Scorer (1): 2015–16[4] with Szolnok
- 2013 World Championship Team of the Tournament
- World Championship MVP (1): 2013 Barcelona[3]
- LEN "European Player of the Year" award: 2013
- FINA "World Player of the Year" award: 2013
- Total-waterpolo magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2019[5]
- Member of the World Team 2019 by total-waterpolo
- Member of the World Team of the Year's 2000–2020 by total-waterpolo
- World Cup MVP (1): 2014 Almaty
- European Championship MVP (2): 2014 Budapest,[3] 2020 Budapest
- Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2014, 2018, 2019 [citation needed]
- Hungarian Championship MVP (1): 2014–15 with Szolnok
- Hungarian Championship Top Scorer (1): 2016–17 with Ferencvaros
- LEN Champions League Final Four MVP (1): 2012 with Primorje Rijeka
- LEN Champions League Final Eight MVP (1): 2019 with Ferencvaros
- Orders
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2008)[6]- LEN Champions League Left Winger of the Year (2): 2018–19, 2020–21
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 men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
- ^ a b Dénes Varga. sports-reference.com
- ^ Dénes Varga Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ a b c Dénes Varga Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- ^ "Jug Dubrovnik stuns everyone, FINAL6 – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Total Waterpolo Player Award 2019".
- ^ "Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dénes Varga.
- Dénes Varga at World Aquatics
- Dénes Varga at the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
- Dénes Varga at Olympics.com
- Dénes Varga at Olympedia
- Dénes Varga at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
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Preceded by Filip Filipović | Most Valuable Player of Water Polo World Championship 2013 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | FINA Water Polo Player of the Year 2013 | Succeeded by Filip Filipović |
| Preceded by | Most Valuable Player of European Water Polo Championship 2014 2020 | Succeeded by |
Hungary squads | ||
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Hungary squad – 2006 European Championship runners-up | ||
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Hungary men's water polo squad – 2007 World Aquatics Championships runners-up | ||
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Hungary squad – 2008 European Championship third place | ||
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Hungary men's water polo squad – 2008 Summer Olympics gold medalists (9th title) | ||
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Hungary men's water polo squad – 2009 World Aquatics Championships – 5th place | ||
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Hungary squad – 2010 European Championship – 4th place | ||
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Hungary men's water polo squad – 2011 World Aquatics Championships – 4th place | ||
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Hungary squad – 2012 European Championship – 3rd place | ||
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Hungary men's water polo squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – 5th place | ||
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Hungary men's water polo squad – 2013 World Aquatics Championships winners (3rd title) | ||
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Hungary squad – 2014 European Championship runners-up | ||
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Hungary men's water polo squad – 2015 World Aquatics Championships – 6th place | ||
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Hungary squad – 2016 European Championship third place | ||
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Hungary men's water polo squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – 5th place | ||
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Hungary men's water polo squad – 2017 World Aquatics Championships runners-up | ||
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Hungary men's water polo squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal | ||
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