Tamás Märcz

Tamás Märcz
Personal information
Born (1974-07-17) 17 July 1974
Budapest, Hungary[1]
Nationality Hungarian, Italian
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Driver
Handedness Right
Club information
Current team Hungary (head coach)
Youth career
KSI
Senior clubs
Years Team
–1993
KSI
1993–2000
BVSC-Brendon
2000–2005
Savona
2005–2006
Chiavari
2006–2007
Brendon-Fenstherm-ZF-Eger
2007–2008
Nervi
2008–2009
Pro Recco
2009
Sirens (Summer League)
2009–2012
Acquachiara
National team
Years Team
1995–2001
 Hungary
2012
 Italy
Teams coached
2013–2017
MKB-Euroleasing-BVSC-Zugló
2014–2015
Hungary women's (assistant)
2017–2022
Hungary
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Team competition
FINA World Cup
1999 Sydney Team competition
Representing  Hungary (as head coach)
2020 Tokyo Team competition
2017 Budapest Team Competition
2018 Berlin
2018 Budapest
2020 Budapest
2019 Zagreb

Tamás Märcz (born 17 July 1974) is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2] He was the head coach of Hungary men's national water polo team between 1 January 2017 and 18 July 2022.[3]

He has played in the Italian Water polo Serie A and has played in Malta with Sirens, winning a knockout title.

Honours

National

Club

European competitions:

Domestic competitions:

  • Hungarian Championship (OB I): 4x (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 – with BVSC)
  • Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 2x (1995, 2000 – with BVSC)
  • Italian Championship (Serie A1): 2x (2005 – with Savona; 2009 – with Pro Recco)
  • Italian Cup: 1x (2009 – with Pro Recco)

Awards

  • Member of the Hungarian team of the year: 1997, 1999, 2000
  • Széchenyi-medallion (2000)
  • Csanádi-díj: 2001
Orders

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bulcsú Székely". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tamás Märcz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Vízilabda: kiválasztották az új kapitányt, itt a Benedek-utód!". nemzetisport.hu. Retrieved 31 July 2017.