Dénes Varga Explained

Dénes Varga
Nickname:	Dumi
Full Name:	Dénes Andor Varga
Nationality:	Hungarian
Birth Date:	29 March 1987
Birth Place:	Budapest, Hungary^[1]
Height:	1.93 m^[2]
Weight:	96 kg
Position:	Wing, Driver
L/R:	Right
Currentclub:	Ferencváros
Currentnumber:	10
Youthclubs1:	Újpest
Years1:	–2004
Clubs1:	Újpest
Years2:	2005–2010
Clubs2:	Vasas
Years3:	2010–2014
Clubs3:	Primorje Rijeka
Years4:	2014–2017
Clubs4:	Szolnok
Years5:	2017–2024
Clubs5:	Ferencváros
Nationalyears1:	2004–
Nationalteam1:	Hungary
Nationalcaps1:	246
Show-Medals:	no
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- 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, 2023–24 ; 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
• Adriatic League Top Scorer (2): 2010–11, 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
• 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

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417153507/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/denes-varga-1.html Dénes Varga
2. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/denes-varga Dénes Varga
3. http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=varga-denes-1115748/index.html Dénes Varga
4. Web site: Jug Dubrovnik stuns everyone, FINAL6 – LEN.eu Ligue Européenne de Natation . 8 March 2022 . en-US . 8 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220308160154/http://www.len.eu/?p=5676 . dead .
5. Web site: Total Waterpolo Player Award 2019.
6. Web site: Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben . https://archive.today/20120805012200/http://www.mob.hu/engine.aspx?page=showcontent&content=parlamenti_kituntetesek . dead . 5 August 2012 . Hungarian Olympic Committee . 29 August 2008 . 27 January 2012 . hu .