Dénes Varga

{{Infobox water polo biography

| name = Dénes Varga

| nickname = Dumi

| image = Dénes Varga Rio2016.jpg

| caption = Varga at the 2016 Olympics

| full_name = Dénes Andor Varga

| nationality = Hungarian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|3|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Budapest, Hungary[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417153507/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/denes-varga-1.html Dénes Varga]. sports-reference.com

| height = 1.93 m[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/denes-varga Dénes Varga] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826121739/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/denes-varga |date=26 August 2016 }}. rio2016.com

| weight = 96 kg

| position = Wing, Driver

| L/R = Right

| currentclub = Ferencváros

| currentnumber = 10

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Újpest

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–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

| nationalgoals1 =

| show-medals = no

| updated = 1 August 2023

|medaltemplates =

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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.

Honours

=National=

Olympic Games: 15px gold medal – 2008; 15px bronze medal – 2020
World Championships: 15px gold medal – 2013; 2023; 15px silver medal – 2007, 2017
European Championship: 15px gold medal – 2020; 15px silver medal – 2006, 2014; 15px bronze medal – 2008, 2012, 2016
FINA World League: 15px silver medal – 2007, 2013, 2014
FINA World Cup: 15px 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)

15px Croatian Championship: 2013–14
15px 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[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=varga-denes-1115748/index.html Dénes Varga] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920031157/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=varga-denes-1115748/index.html|date=20 September 2016}}. nbcolympics.com
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|date=July 2023}}
Adriatic League Top Scorer (2): 2010–11,{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} 2013–14 with Primorje Rijeka
Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012)
LEN Champions League Top Scorer (1): 2015–16{{Cite web |title=Jug Dubrovnik stuns everyone, FINAL6 – LEN.eu {{!}} Ligue Européenne de Natation |url=http://www.len.eu/?p=5676 |access-date=8 March 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308160154/http://www.len.eu/?p=5676 |url-status=dead }} with Szolnok
2013 World Championship Team of the Tournament
World Championship MVP (1): 2013 Barcelona
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{{Cite web |title= Total Waterpolo Player Award 2019|url=https://total-waterpolo.com/total-waterpolo-player-2019/}}
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, 2020 Budapest
Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2014, 2018, 2019 {{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
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

File:HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR.svg Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2008){{cite web|url=http://www.mob.hu/engine.aspx?page=showcontent&content=parlamenti_kituntetesek |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805012200/http://www.mob.hu/engine.aspx?page=showcontent&content=parlamenti_kituntetesek |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 August 2012 |title=Olimpikonok kitüntetése a Parlamentben |publisher=Hungarian Olympic Committee |date=29 August 2008 |access-date=27 January 2012 |language=hu }}
LEN Champions League Left Winger of the Year (2): 2018–19, 2020–21