Talant Mushanbetovich Dujshebaev (russian: Талант Мушанбетович Дуйшебаев; born 2 June 1968) is a former

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player who successively played for 4 national teams:

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, Unified Team,

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and

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finally. His most usual demarcation as a player was centre backcourt. After having success with

BM Ciudad Real Balonmano Ciudad Real was a Spanish handball team based in Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha. BM Ciudad Real plays in Liga ASOBAL. History In July 1983 is founded in the city of Ciudad Real a handball club named Asociación Deportiva Cultural Case ...

, he is the current coach of Łomża Vive Kielce.

Life and career

He was born in

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in the former

, and started his playing career in

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. He participated on the 1992 Olympic Games as a member of the Unified Team and won the gold medal. He also became the top scorer of the games with 47 goals and was elected into the dream team of the tournament.Base d'informazión esportiva
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team and won the gold medal again. After the 1992 Olympics he signed for Teka Cantabria and a few years later he received the Spanish citizenship. Afterwards he played in the

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for nearly a decade, gaining two Olympic bronze medals in

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and

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, and silver and bronze medals on the European championships. He also gained several individual recognitions in the world championships, like being elected as the best player of the tournament in

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, but he failed to win any medals with the Spanish team, which finished 4th in both

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and

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. Ironically when Spain finally won the world championship in

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, Dujshebaev was no longer the member of the squad. In 2001, after playing for a few years in Germany on club level, he returned to Spain and signed for

where he finished his playing career in 2007. In 2005 he became player-manager of the team, and after his retirement he became the full-time manager. His managerial successes include multiple

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wins with the team, as well as winning the

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in 2006, 2008 and 2009. In 2006 he briefly returned to the field, when one of the Ciudad center backcourt players,

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injured. He was voted twice as the

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, in 1994 and in 1996. He also came in second in the IHF World Player of the Century voting behind

Magnus Wislander Hans Einar Magnus Wislander (born 22 February 1964) is a Swedish former handball player, who has been voted ''Handball Player of the Century''. Since his debut in the national team in 1985 he has played over 380 games and scored over 1,000 goals ...

from Sweden. In 2014 (8 January) he replaced

Bogdan Wenta Bogdan Brunon Wenta (born 19 November 1961) is a Polish politician and handball coach and former Polish and German handball player. He has been a member of the Poland men's national handball team in 1981–1994 and Germany men's national handball ...

as head coach of PGE Vive Kielce. Contemporaneously with his job in Kielce, he has been also coaching the Hungarian men's national handball team since October 8, 2014 until 2016. He also coached

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during the

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and the

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. He is the father of

Alex Dujshebaev Alex Dujshebaev Dobichebaeva ( ky, Алекс Талантович Дүйшөбаев; latin: Alex Talantovič Dujshebaev; born 17 December 1992) is a Spanish handball player for Barlinek Industria Kielce and the Spanish national team. His mot ...

and Daniel Dujshebaev.

Honours

;Player

CSKA Moscow

* Soviet Handball League: 1986–87 *

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

: 1986–87 *

: 1987–88

Teka Cantabria

: 1992–93, 1993–94 *

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

: 1994–95 *

Copa ASOBAL The Copa ASOBAL is an annual cup competition for Liga ASOBAL teams. It was first played for in 1990 and is contested by the top four teams at the end of the first half of the Liga ASOBAL season. Season by season Titles by team External ...

: 1996–97, 1997–98 *

Supercopa ASOBAL The Supercopa ASOBAL or the Supercopa de España de Balonmano is an annual cup competition for Spanish handball teams. It is organised by the Liga ASOBAL. It was first played for in 1985 and is disputed between the Liga ASOBAL champions and the win ...

: 1992–93, 1994–95 *

: 1993–94 *

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 ...

: 1992–93 *

IHF Super Globe The Men's Super Globe is a handball competition contested between the champion clubs from continental confederations. On 7 December 2018, the IHF moved the Super Globe to Saudi Arabia for four years, until 2022. Summary Records and statistics ...

: 1997

Nettelstedt-Lübbecke

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: 1997–98

Ciudad Real

: 2003–04, 2006–07 *

: 2003 *

: 2004, 2005, 2007 *

: 2005 * EHF Champions Trophy: 2005, 2006 *

: 2002, 2003 ;Manager

Ciudad Real

: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

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, 2011 *

: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 *

: 2005, 2008, 2011 *

: 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09 * EHF Champions Trophy: 2005, 2006, 2008 *

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Atletico Madrid

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: 2012 *

Vive Kielce

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: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20,

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, 2021–22 *Polish Cup: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 *

: 2015–16

Hungary

* 2016 European Championship – 12th

Poland

– 4th

Individual

*Top scorer at

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– 47 goals *Best Center back at

(2): 1994, 1996 *Best Center back at 1995 World Championship *

MVP In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

at 1996 European Championship *Best Center back at 1997 World Championship *

at 1997 World Championship *Best Center back at 1998 European Championship *

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* IHF World Player of the Century – 2nd place *No. 10 jersey retired at

in 2005 *All-Star Team as Best Head Coach at EHF Champions League:

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duyshebaev, Talant 1968 births Living people Russian male handball players Russian people of Kyrgyzstani descent Spanish male handball players Spanish handball coaches Spanish people of Kyrgyzstani descent Liga ASOBAL players Kyrgyzstani emigrants to Spain Kyrgyzstani male handball players Sportspeople from Bishkek Handball coaches of international teams Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of the Unified Team Soviet male handball players Olympic handball players of Spain Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team Olympic bronze medalists for Spain BM Ciudad Real players Olympic medalists in handball Handball-Bundesliga players Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Life and career

Honours

CSKA Moscow

Teka Cantabria

Nettelstedt-Lübbecke

Ciudad Real

Ciudad Real

Atletico Madrid

Vive Kielce

Hungary

Poland

Individual

See also

References

External links