Róbert Waltner (born 20 September 1977) is a Hungarian football coach and a former player.

Playing career

Waltner was a

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during his playing career, and is most remembered for representing Zalaegerszeg during three different spells and is the club's all-time top scorer with 92 league goals. He was part of the Zalaegerszeg side that won the club's first league title in the 2001–02 season, under manager

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. In the third qualifying round of the

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, Waltner was part of the Zalaegerszeg squad that faced English giants

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. In the first leg, ZTE provided a stunning shock by winning 1–0 with a last minute goal from

Béla Koplárovics Béla Koplárovics (born 7 June 1981) is a former Hungarians, Hungarian international Association football, football player. Club career Koplárovics started his club career with Hévíz FC before moving to reigning 2001–02 Nemzeti Bajnokság ...

Coaching career

Waltner resigned as a head coach of

Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg (; ; ; ) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary. Location Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders, and west-southwest of Budapest by road. Hi ...

on 25 March 2022. On 26 May 2022, he was appointed as the coach of

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. On 13 February 2023, he was sacked from Paks.

Honours

Zalaegerszegi *

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 ...

: 2001–02 *

Szuperkupa The Hungarian Super Cup is an annual association football match between the League (Nemzeti Bajnokság I) champions and the Cup (Magyar Kupa) winners. Winners (*) due to violent incidents during the recent 1997–98 Magyar Kupa Final between ...

runner-up: 2002 Boca Juniors *

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* Intercontinental Cup:

Individual * Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 2007–08

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