Zoltán Kósz

The native form of this personal name is Kósz Zoltán. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Zoltán Kósz (born 26 November 1967 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kosz also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed 4th.

Zoltán Kósz
Personal information
Born	(1967-11-26) 26 November 1967 Budapest, Hungary
Nickname	Csita
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Handedness	Right
Youth career
1976–0000	Vasas
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1997	Vasas-Plaket
1997–1998	Mladost-Hrvatska Lutrija
1998–2001	FTC-Mirato
2001–2004	Vasas-Plaket-Euroleasing
2004–2007	PVSK-Füszért
National team
Years	Team	Apps
1986–2001 2006	Hungary	228
Teams coached
2004	Vasas (youth director)
2005–2011	KÓPÉ SE
2006–2008	Hungary women's (assistant)
2011–	MTK Szentendre
2012–2018	Szolnoki Dózsa (goalkeeping)
2018–	A-HÍD OSC Újbuda (goalkeeping)
Medal record Men's water polo Representing Hungary Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition FINA World Cup 1999 Sydney Team competition

He is nicknamed Cheeta, and made his debut for the national team in 1986.

Honours

National

• Olympic Games: Gold medal - 2000
• World Championships: Silver medal - 1998
• European Championship: Gold medal - 1997, 1999; Silver medal - 1995; Bronze medal - 2001
• FINA World Cup: Gold medal - 1995, 1999; Bronze medal - 1997

228 present in the national team of Hungary.

Club

European competitions:

• Cup Winners' Cup Winners (2): (1995, 2002 - with Vasas)

Domestic competitions:

• Hungarian Championship (OB I): 2x (1989 - with Vasas; 2000 - with FTC)
• Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 4x (1992, 1994, 1996 (1), 2002 - with Vasas)
• Hungarian SuperCup (Szuperkupa): 1x (2001 - with Vasas)
• Croatian Cup (Kup Hrvatske): 1x (1998 - with Mladost)

Awards

• Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 1995, 1997
• Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1997, 1999, 2000

Orders

• Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2000)

See also

• Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

External links

• Zoltan Kósz at World Aquatics
• Zoltan Kósz at Olympics.com
• Zoltan Kósz at Olympedia
• Zoltan Kósz at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)