Zsolt Varga (water polo, born 1972)

Zsolt Varga
Personal information
Born	March 9, 1972 (age 46); Budapest, Hungary
Men's water polo
Representing Hungary
Olympic Games
World Championships
FINA World Cup

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.

Club career

Clubs

KSI SE (1980–1989)
Újpesti Dózsa (1989–1990)
BVSC-Westel (1990–1997)
HAVK Mladost Zagreb (1997–2001)
Savona (2001–2004)
Bissolati Cremona (2004–2008)
Posillipo (2008–2010)
FTC-Fisher Klíma (2010–2012)

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

Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1): (1999 - with Mladost)

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
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000)

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Zsolt Varga". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.

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