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István Csoknyai (; born 24 October 1964) is a Hungarian former international
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player and the head coach of
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Career


Club

Csoknyai started his career by his hometown club Dunaferr SE in 1983, and except a short spell at Honvéd Szondi SE he stayed until 1990. Dunaferr was a yo-yo club that period and Csoknyai has experienced three relegations (1984, 1986, 1989) and three promotions (1983, 1985, 1987) during his time at the club. Despite playing for a struggling team, his impressive display have convinced
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of being a quality player, and the Transdanubians have moved on to sign the back player. Csoknyai spent fifteen seasons with Veszprém and played a major role in the success story of the team, that have gained near total domination in domestic competitions and also became a top club on continental level. He has won twelve Hungarian championship and as many Hungarian cup titles in these years, completing his collection with an
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gold medal. In 2002, he was close to take the most prestigious continental event, the
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trophy as well, but Veszprém fell short to
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in the finals. Three years later, at the age of 40, he finally gave up playing professional handball. He has hold the record of most domestic league and cup titles and most league and continental competition matches amongst the Hungarian players when retired. Csoknyai did not stay away entirely from the sport, as he took the assistant coach position of Veszprém after his retirement. In 2014 Csoknyai became the head coach of
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, an affiliate team of Veszprém, and took a number of youngsters with him. From September 2009 to July 2010 he also worked as the head coach of the Hungarian men's national handball team, but under his guidance the team did not perform as it was expected and achieved only a disappointing fourteenth place on the 2010 European Championship. In 2018, he was appointed again as the coach of the Hungarian national team along with
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International

Csoknyai, who has been capped 170 times for
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, made his international debut on 13 June 1991 against
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. He participated on the
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a year later, where he played on five games and scored six goals. He took part on three
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(1993, 1997, 1999), capturing the best result in 1997 by finishing fourth. Csoknyai was also present on the
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three times in row between 1994 and 1998, achieving a seventh, a tenth and a sixth place, respectively. He has ended his long international career on 6 June 2004 with a match against
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Personal

He is married and has three children, two son, Balázs (b. 1987) and Ádám (b. 1989) and a daughter, Nóra (b. 1994). All three are handball players.


Achievements

*
Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...
: **''Winner'': 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 *
Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...
: **''Winner'': 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 *
EHF Champions League The 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 men's com ...
: **''Finalist'': 2002 *
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: **''Winner'': 1992 **''Finalist'': 1993, 1997 * EHF Champions Trophy: **''Finalist'': 2002, 2008


Individual awards

* Pro Urbe Prize (1992, 2002) * Life Achievement Award of Veszprém County (2004)


References


External links


István Csoknyai player profile on the European Handball Federation Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Csoknyai, Istvan 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Dunaújváros Hungarian male handball players Hungarian handball coaches Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Handball coaches of international teams Veszprém KC players 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen