Total Player Award 2020 Expert Jury

December 25, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Zsolt Varga

Zsolt Varga crowned his very successful playing career by clinching the gold Olympic medal with Hungary in Sidney in 2000. He also was the World and […]
December 23, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Harry Van der Meer

Harry van der Meer had a respectable playing career in the Dutch national team and is today leading them as head coach.  Van der Meer competed […]
December 20, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Arno Havenga

Arno Havenga is a former player for the Dutch National Team in their most crucial moments, at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. As far as […]
December 20, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Theodoros Vlachos

Theodoros Vlachos, the head coach of Olympiacos and the Greek national team, is the man behind the Greek upturn in the water polo world. During his […]
December 17, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Attila Biro

Attila Bíró is the head coach of the Hungarian Women National Team, which grabbed the bronze medal at this year’s European Championships in Budapest. During his […]
December 17, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Nenad Vukanić

Nenad Vukanić was a part of the Yugoslavian national team that clinched the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games. A few months before the 2000 […]
December 16, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Martina Miceli

Last Year, Martina Miceli became the first female coach to win the LEN Trophy. She coaches Orizzonte Catania, one of the most successful female water polo […]
December 16, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Elvis Fatović

Elvis Fatović, the head coach of the Australian Men’s National Team, is one of the most important figures in Croatian water polo. His playing career started […]
December 14, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Yoji Omoto

Japanese water polo has been developing in the past few years. Yoji Omoto, the head coach of the Japanese National Team, achieved international success with the […]
December 14, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Paolo Zizza

Paolo Zizza, the head coach of the Italian women’s team, the most of his playing career spent in the two biggest Naples-based clubs – Canottieri and […]
December 13, 2020

Total Player 2020 by David Martin

David Martin is a member of our Expert Jury since our first edition back in 2017. After a very successful playing career, he became a coach […]
December 12, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Marton Benczur

Marton Benczur is the head coach of the famous Hungarian club UVSE, which won many trophies under his leadership. This is his 2nd appearance in our […]
December 10, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Ivica Tucak

Ivica Tucak has been leading the Croatian National Team since 2012. In the last eight years, Tucak has won more than ten international medals for Croatia […]
December 8, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Hagen Stamm

Hagen Stamm is considered one of the best German players, especially in the ’80s internationally. His playing career has been crowned at the Los Angeles Olympics […]
December 8, 2020

Total Player 2020 by David Paradelo

David Paradelo, the head coach of the Canadian National team, is one of the most important figures in Canadian Women’s Water Polo. He is armed with […]
December 5, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Stefano Posterivo

Stefano Posterivo, Plebiscito Padova head coach, is our next Expert Juror. He has been coaching the Italian club since 2013. Posterivo led Plebiscito towards four trophies […]
December 5, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Felipe Perrone

You can never be sure you’ll win against a team in which Felipe Perrone is playing. In the only big competition this year, European Championships in […]
December 3, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Ekatarina Prokofyeva

Ekaterina Prokofyeva was the first lady who won the Total Player Award in 2018. Prokofyeva is the leader of the best Russian team KINEF Kirishi where […]
December 3, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Sandro Sukno

Sandro Sukno is the winner of the first Total Player Award back in 2017. Unfortunately, heart problems put a sudden and definite stop to his playing […]
December 2, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Igor Milanovic

Igor Milanovic is considered one of the best players of all time, if not the best of the 20th century. Milanovic won two Olympic golds with […]
November 30, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Robin van Galen

Before he became an influential coach leading the Dutch women’s team to the Olympic gold, Robin van Galen played water polo since the age of six. Even […]
November 29, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Dejan Savic

Dejan Savić, who played for the national team of Serbia (earlier Yugoslavia) 444 times, has been coaching the national team of Serbia since 2013. Over the […]
November 28, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Theocharis Pavlides

Theocharis Pavlides is a head coach of the female team of Greek champion Olympiacos. In 2019, his team won second place in the Euro League. Before […]
November 28, 2020

Total Player 2020 by Denes Varga

Denes Varga was the player who marked the last year. In 2019, he won everything there is to win with his club Ferencvaros, as well as […]