Dénes Andor Varga (born 29 March 1987) is a Hungarian professional water polo player. His last professional team was 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: 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: 2007Dénes Varga . 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 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 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 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 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) 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
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