Dániel Varga

The native form of this personal name is Varga Dániel Rudolf. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Dániel Rudolf Varga (born 25 September 1983) is a Hungarian water polo coach. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.^[2]

Dániel Varga
Personal information
Full name	Dániel Rudolf Varga
Born	(1983-09-25) 25 September 1983 (age 41) Budapest, Hungary[1]
Nickname	Dani
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Position	Driver
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	OSC-Újbuda (head coach)
Youth career
	Újpest
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–2001	Újpest
2001–2010	Vasas
2010–2014	Primorje Rijeka
2014–2016	Szolnok
2016–2018	Ferencváros
National team
Years	Team	Apps
2004–2016	Hungary	278
Teams coached
2018–2020	Ferencváros U19
2020–present	OSC-Újbuda
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team World Championships 2013 Barcelona Team 2005 Montreal Team 2007 Melbourne Team European Championship 2006 Belgrade Team 2014 Budapest Team 2008 Malaga Team 2012 Eindhoven Team 2016 Belgrade Team FINA World League 2005 Belgrade Team 2007 Berlin Team 2013 Chelyabinsk Team 2014 Dubai Team FINA World Cup 2014 Almaty Team
Last updated: 2 August 2023

He is the older brother of Dénes Varga, they were teammates on the Hungarian national team from 2004-2016.

Honours

National

• Olympic Games: gold medal – 2008
• World Championships: gold medal – 2013; silver medal – 2005, 2007
• European Championship: silver medal – 2006, 2014; bronze medal – 2008, 2012, 2016
• FINA World League: silver medal – 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014
• FINA World Cup: silver medal – 2014

278 present in the national team of Hungary.

• Junior World Championships: (silver medal – 2003)
• Junior European Championship: (silver medal – 2002)
• Youth European Championship: (gold medal – 2001; bronze medal – 1999)

Club

• Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1): (2002 – with Vasas)
• LEN Euro Cup Winners (2): (2017, 2018 – with FTC)
• Adriatic League: 2x (2013, 2014 – with Primorje)
• Hungarian Championship (OB I): 7x (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 – with Vasas; 2015, 2016 – with Szolnok; 2018 – with Ferencváros)
• Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 5x (2002, 2004, 2005, 2009 – with Vasas; 2014 – with Szolnok)
• Croatian Championship (Prva HVL): 1x (2014 – with Primorje)
• Croatian Cup (Kup Hrvatske): 2x (2012, 2013 – with Primorje)

Awards

• Szalay Iván-díj (2000)
• Faragó Tamás-díj (Best junior player of year): (2001)
• MVP of the Youth European Championship: 2001
• MVP of the Junior European Championship: 2002
• Vasas
• All-Star Team of the World Championship: 2007
• Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2007, 2013
• All-Star Team of the Olympic Games: 2008
• Junior Príma díj (2008)
• Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2008, 2013
• Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)

Orders

• Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2008)^[3]

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

1. Dániel Varga. sports-reference.com
2. "Dániel Varga Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
3. "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

• Dániel Varga at the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
• Dániel Varga at Olympics.com
• Dániel Varga at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
• Dániel Varga at Olympedia