István Gulyás (born 2 April 1968) is a Hungarian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

coach and former handball player and coach of the Hungarian national handball team. Gulyás spent most of his playing career by Veszprém, the dominant club of his era, with them he won a number of domestic league and cup titles. Among his successes is an

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocea ...

triumph as well, having obtained the title in 1992. In 1995 he was honoured with the Hungarian Handballer of the Year award for his performances throughout the year. In his later years in tried himself in Austria by HSG Bärnbach-Köflach and finished his career by Hungarian lower division side Rinyamenti KC. UHK Krems, which remembered Gulyás since the years he spent in Austria, appointed him as their head coach in 2006. Gulyás had one season on the bench of Krems, achieving a fifth place in the league. In 2007 he was invited by his friend and former Hungarian international handballer

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to Kuwait to train a local club, which Gulyás accepted, and from 2007 to 2011 he trained Khaitan SC. Gulyás returned to Hungary in 2011, and in August that year he was named the head coach of Dunaújvárosi NKS.

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 *

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'': 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 *

: **''Winner'': 1992 **''Finalist'': 1993, 1997

Awards

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 ...

: 1995

References

* Kozák, Péter (1994). ''Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, vol. I. (A–H)''. Szekszárd: Babits Kiadó. .

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* 1968 births Living people Hungarian male handball players Hungarian handball coaches Hungarian expatriate handball players Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Handball coaches of international teams Expatriate handball players in Austria Expatriate handball coaches 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub