Talant Dujshebaev facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Talant Dujshebaev
Personal information
Full name	Talant Mushanbetovich Dujshebaev
Born	(1968-06-02) 2 June 1968 (age 57) Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Kyrgyz/Russian/Spanish
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Industria Kielce (manager)
Youth career
Years	Team
1976–1985	CSKA Moscow
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1985–1992	CSKA Moscow
1992–1997	Teka Cantabria
1997–1998	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
1998–2001	GWD Minden
2001–2005	BM Ciudad Real
2006–2007	BM Ciudad Real
National team
Years	Team
1988–1989	Soviet Union U-21
1990–1992	Soviet Union
1992	Unified Team	7	(47)
1992–1993	Russia	133	(726)
1995–2002	Spain	158	(569)
Teams managed
2005–2011	BM Ciudad Real
2011–2013	Atlético Madrid
2014–	Industria Kielce
2014–2016	Hungary
2016–2017	Poland
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union IHF Junior World Championship Gold 1989 Spain Player Representing the  Unified Team Olympic Games Gold 1992 Barcelona Team Representing  Russia World Men's Handball Championship Gold 1993 Sweden Player Representing  Spain Olympic Games Bronze 1996 Atlanta Player Bronze 2000 Sydney Player European Men's Handball Championship Silver 1996 Spain Player Silver 1998 Italy Player Bronze 2000 Croatia Player

Talant Mushanbetovich Dujshebaev (born 2 June 1968) is a famous former handball player. He is now a successful coach for Vive Kielce. Many people think he is one of the best handball coaches of his time. Talant had a very interesting playing career, representing four different national teams. He played for the Soviet Union, then the Unified Team, then Russia, and finally Spain. He usually played as a centre backcourt player. After achieving great success coaching BM Ciudad Real, he has been coaching Kielce for almost ten years.

Talant's Amazing Handball Journey

Talant Dujshebaev was born in the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, which was part of the old Soviet Union. He started his handball journey playing for CSKA Moscow.

Olympic Gold and World Champion

In 1992, Talant played in the Olympic Games as part of the Unified Team. They won the gold medal! He was also the top scorer of the games, scoring 47 goals. He was even chosen for the tournament's "dream team." Just one year later, in 1993, he played for the Russian team at the World Championships. He won another gold medal there!

Playing for Spain

After the 1992 Olympics, Talant joined Teka Cantabria in Spain. A few years later, he became a Spanish citizen. He then played for the Spain men's national handball team for almost ten years. During this time, he won two Olympic bronze medals in 1996 and 2000. He also earned silver and bronze medals at the European Championships. Talant was recognized as the best player at the 1997 World Championship. However, he didn't win any World Championship medals with Spain, as they finished fourth in 1999 and 2003. Interestingly, when Spain finally won the World Championship in 2005, Talant was no longer on the team.

From Player to Coach

In 2001, after playing in Germany for a few years, Talant returned to Spain. He joined BM Ciudad Real and finished his playing career there in 2007. In 2005, he started as a player-manager for the team. After he stopped playing, he became the full-time manager. As a coach, he led Ciudad Real to win many Liga ASOBAL titles. He also won the important EHF Champions League three times: in 2006, 2008, and 2009.

In 2006, he even played briefly again when one of his team's players, Uroš Zorman, got injured.

Top Player Awards

Talant was named the IHF World Player of the Year twice, in 1994 and 1996. He also came in second place for the "IHF World Player of the Century" award, right behind Magnus Wislander from Sweden.

Coaching International Teams

In 2014, Talant became the head coach of PGE Vive Kielce. While coaching Kielce, he also coached the Hungarian men's national handball team from 2014 to 2016. Later, he coached Poland at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.

Talant's sons, Alex Dujshebaev and Daniel Dujshebaev, are also handball players. They both joined their father at Kielce in 2017.

Major Achievements and Awards

Talant Dujshebaev has achieved many great things as both a player and a coach.

Player Honours

• CSKA Moscow:

* Won the Soviet Handball League in 1986–87. * Won the Soviet Handball Cup in 1986. * Won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1986–87. * Won the EHF Champions League in 1987–88.

• Teka Cantabria:

* Won the Liga ASOBAL (Spanish League) in 1992–93, 1993–94. * Won the Copa del Rey in 1994–95. * Won the EHF Champions League in 1993–94.

• Nettelstedt-Lübbecke:

* Won the EHF Challenge Cup in 1997–98.

• Ciudad Real:

* Won the Liga ASOBAL in 2003–04, 2006–07. * Won the Copa del Rey in 2003.

Manager Honours

• Ciudad Real:

* Won the Liga ASOBAL in 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10. * Won the EHF Champions League in 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09. * Won the IHF Super Globe in 2007, 2010.

• Atletico Madrid:

* Won the Copa del Rey in 2012, 2013. * Won the IHF Super Globe in 2012.

• Vive Kielce:

* Won the Polish Superliga multiple times (2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22). * Won the Polish Cup multiple times (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021). * Won the EHF Champions League in 2015–16.

Individual Awards

• Top scorer at the 1992 Summer Olympics (47 goals).
• Best Center back at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
• IHF World Player of the Year (2): 1994, 1996.
• Best Center back at the 1995 World Championship.
• MVP at the 1996 European Championship.
• Best Center back and MVP at the 1997 World Championship.
• Best Center back at the 1998 European Championship.
• MVP at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
• Ranked 2nd in the IHF World Player of the Century voting.
• His No. 10 jersey was retired at BM Ciudad Real in 2005.
• Named Best Head Coach in the EHF Champions League All-Star Team in 2015 and 2022.

See also

In Spanish: Talant Dujshebaev para niños

• List of handballers with 1000 or more international goals