Dénes Varga - Wikipedia
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The native form of this personal name is Varga Dénes Andor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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| Full name | Dénes Andor Varga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| 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]
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)
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, 2023–24; runners-up: 2020–21
- LEN Euro Cup: 2017–18
- LEN Super Cup: 2018, 2019
- 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
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- 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
- ^ 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.
- Dénes Varga at World Aquatics
- Dénes Varga at the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
- Dénes Varga at Olympics.com
- Dénes Varga at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
- Dénes Varga at Olympedia
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| 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 |
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Water polo players from Budapest
- Hungarian male water polo players
- Water polo drivers
- Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary in water polo
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary in water polo
- European Water Polo Championship medalists
- Water polo players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen