Eszter Mátéfi (born Eszter László; 14 February 1966 in
Band
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*Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
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Magyar Autonomous Region
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SR Romania
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) is a
handball
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coach and former handball player.
Career
Mátéfi, an ethnic Hungarian from Transylvania, began her career by CSS Târgu Mureş, from where she also made to the Romanian national selection and later became the captain of the team. Her best results with Romania were a fourth place in the 1989 World Championship and a fifth place on the World event three years earlier.
Following the cessation of her club, the left back moved to Hungary in January 1992, having signed by Debrecen. From 1993 to 1997 Mátéfi played for
Győri ETO KC
Győri ETO KC ( hu, Győri Egyetértés Torna Osztály Kézilabda Club, lit. Concordance Gymnastics Department of Győr Handball Club) is a Hungary, Hungarian professional women's handball club from Győr. Since they are sponsored by Audi, the off ...
. In 1995 she obtained the Hungarian citizenship thus became eligible to get picked for the Hungarian national team, and Mátéfi won the silver medal right on her first major tournament, the 1995 World Championship. A year later on the Olympic Games in Atlanta she collected the bronze medal. Mátéfi spent her the final years of her active career by
Dunaferr, with them she achieved her biggest successes on club level: beside the domestic double in 1998 and 1999 she first won the
EHF Cup
The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...
title (1998), then triumphed in the
EHF Champions Leaguge (1999).
Mátéfi received her coaching diploma yet in 1998 and after retiring from professional handball in 1999 she began to train the youth sides of Dunaferr.
Later she was promoted to assistant coach and also had spells by the Hungarian national team in younger age categories. She got her first head coaching job in 2007 from
Békéscsabai Előre NKSE
Békéscsabai Előre Női Kézilabda Sport Egyesület is a Hungarian women's handball club from Békéscsaba, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, after having been promoted in 2006.
Since they are sponsored by EUbility Group, the official na ...
. The team, that climbed back to the top-tier division just in 2006, performed under the guidance of Mátéfi superbly and reached the fourth place in the Hungarian championship both in 2009 and 2010, in this way winning the right to take part in the EHF Cup.
In the summer of 2009 she was appointed as the head coach of the Hungarian women's national team, replacing
Vilmos Imre
Vilmos Imre (born 27 March 1968 in Székesfehérvár) is a Hungarian handball coach and former handball player. He is coach at Hungarian Handball Academy.
References
1968 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Székesfehérvár
Hungarian ...
in the position. Mátéfi remained in charge both by her club and the national team until November 2010, when
Beáta Bohus took the coaching seat of Békéscsaba to help her to be able to concentrate fully on her international duties. However, during the reign of Mátéfi the Hungarian team slightly underperformed, finishing ninth at the 2009 World Championship and tenth at the 2010 European Championship. Hungary eventually got knocked out by Germany in the 2011 World Championship qualifying play-offs, thereupon Mátéfi resigned in June 2011.
Mátéfi returned to coaching in November 2011, when she was named the head coach of the recently established handball academy in Dunaújváros. A year later, in July 2012 she took over the senior club of
Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA
Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA or DKKA (in English: Dunaújvárosi Kohász Handball Academy), formerly known as ''Dunaferr'', is a Hungarian women's handball club from Dunaújváros, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.
History
Dunaferr
Th ...
.
On 8th of October 2015 she got replaced by the Croatian coach
Zdravko Zovko
Zdravko Zovko (born 28 May 1955) is a retired Croatian handball player.
Career
Zovko spent his entire playing career in RK Medveščak from Zagreb and in Syracuse, Sicily, for C.C. Ortigia. He won three Yugoslav Cups with the club and during hi ...
at Dunaújváros. Since 2016 she was the technical director of
Kisvárdai KC
Kisvárdai KC is a Hungarian handball club from Kisvárda. Since the season 2017/18 it plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.
Kits
Team
Current squad
:''Squad for the 2022–23 season''
* Head coach: Valéria Bányász-Szabó
* As ...
. In January 2018 she left the team.
Achievements
Club
*
Liga Naţională
**''Winner'': 1988
*Cupa României:
**''Winner'': 1987, 1988
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Nemzeti Bajnokság I
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**''Winner'': 1998, 1999
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Magyar Kupa
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**''Winner'': 1998, 1999
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EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...
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**''Winner'': 1999
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EHF Cup
The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...
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**''Winner'': 1998
International
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World Championship
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**''Silver Medalist'': 1995
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Olympic Games
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**''Bronze Medalist'': 1996
Individual awards
* Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 1994
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Hungarian Handballer of the Year The Hungarian Handballer of the Year award is an annual prize, which is given to the Hungarian handballer who is considered to have performed the best over the previous calendar year.
Presented by the Hungarian Handball Federation since 1964, the m ...
: 1996
References
External links
Career statistics at Worldhandball
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1966 births
Living people
Hungarian female handball players
Romanian female handball players
Olympic handball players of Hungary
Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in handball
Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent
Hungarian handball coaches
Győri Audi ETO KC players
Female sports coaches
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics