Eszter Mátéfi
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Eszter Mátéfi is a handball
coach and former handball player who works as the head coach of the handball academy in Dunaújváros
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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. 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
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
. 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 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 on the 2009 World Championship and tenth on 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 recenlty established handball academy in Dunaújváros.
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
coach and former handball player who works as the head coach of the handball academy in Dunaújváros
Dunaújváros
Dunaújváros is a Hungarian city in Central Transdanubia, along the Danube river. It is in Fejér county.-History:Dunaújváros is one of the newest cities of the country...
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Career
Mátéfi, an ethnic Hungarian from Transylvania, began her carreer 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 palce 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. 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
Women's EHF Cup
The Women's EHF Cup is an official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It takes place every year, from September to May. It was first organized by the European Handball Federation in 1993...
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 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....
. 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 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 on the 2009 World Championship and tenth on 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 recenlty established handball academy in Dunaújváros.
Club
- Liga Naţională
- Winner: 1988
- Cupa României:
- Winner: 1987, 1988
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I
- Winner: 1998, 1999
- Magyar KupaMagyar Kupa (Women's handball)Magyar Kupa is the main domestic cup for Hungarian women's team handball clubs, which is organized and supervised by the Hungarian Handball Federation. The competition is held annually, starting in September and concluding in April. The teams play in a one-leg knockout system with a final four...
:- Winner: 1998, 1999
- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 1999
- EHF CupWomen's EHF CupThe Women's EHF Cup is an official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It takes place every year, from September to May. It was first organized by the European Handball Federation in 1993...
:- Winner: 1998
International
- World ChampionshipWorld Women's Handball ChampionshipThe World Championship in team handball for women has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957.- Championships :- Overall medal count :- Participation history :-Largest winning margin:Source: - External links :*...
:- Silver Medalist: 1995
- Olympic GamesHandball at the Summer OlympicsTeam handball was introduced as an Olympic sport for men at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but dropped after that, only to be resumed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, again on German territory...
:- Bronze Medalist: 1996
Individual awards
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 1994
- Hungarian Handballer of the YearHungarian Handballer of the YearThe 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....
: 1996