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 Dujshebaev (born June 2, 1968) is a famous former handball player. He is now a successful coach. Many people think he is one of the best handball coaches of his time. He played for four different national teams during his career. These teams were the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, Russia, and finally Spain. As a player, he usually played as a centre backcourt. After having great success coaching BM Ciudad Real, he has been coaching Industria Kielce for over a decade.

Talant's Early Life and Handball Journey

Talant Dujshebaev was born in the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, which was part of the old Soviet Union. He started his handball career with CSKA Moscow. Interestingly, he began playing handball a bit later than most, at age 14. Before that, he was a swimmer!

Olympic Gold and World Championship Wins

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 in those games, scoring 47 goals. He was even chosen for the tournament's "dream team." Just one year later, in 1993, he played in the World Championships with the Russian team and won another gold medal.

Playing for Spain and Olympic Medals

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. With Spain, he won two Olympic bronze medals in 1996 and 2000. He also earned silver and bronze medals at the European Championships. He was recognized as the best player in the world championships in 1997. However, he didn't win any world championship medals with Spain. When Spain finally won the world championship in 2005, Talant was no longer on the team.

Becoming a Coach and Big Wins

In 2001, after playing for some years in Germany, 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 the Liga ASOBAL many times. He also helped them win the EHF Champions League in 2006, 2008, and 2009.

Brief Return to Playing

In 2006, Talant briefly played again. This happened when one of Ciudad Real's main 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 in the voting for the IHF World Player of the Century. The only player ahead of him was Magnus Wislander from Sweden.

Coaching National Teams

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

Family in Handball

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

Achievements and Awards

Talant Dujshebaev has won many awards and titles throughout his career, both as a player and as a coach.

Player Achievements

• CSKA Moscow
  • Soviet Handball League: 1986–87
  • Soviet Handball Cup: 1986
  • EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 1986–87
  • EHF Champions League: 1987–88
• Teka Cantabria
  • Liga ASOBAL: 1992–93, 1993–94
  • Copa del Rey: 1994–95
  • Copa ASOBAL: 1996–97, 1997–98
  • Supercopa ASOBAL: 1992–93, 1994–95
  • EHF Champions League: 1993–94
  • EHF Cup: 1992–93
  • IHF Super Globe: 1997
• Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
  • EHF Challenge Cup: 1997–98
• Ciudad Real
  • Liga ASOBAL: 2003–04, 2006–07
  • Copa del Rey: 2003
  • Copa ASOBAL: 2004, 2005, 2007
  • Supercopa ASOBAL: 2005
  • EHF Champions Trophy: 2005, 2006
  • EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 2002, 2003

Manager Achievements

• Ciudad Real
  • Liga ASOBAL: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
  • Copa del Rey: 2008, 2011
  • Copa ASOBAL: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
  • Supercopa ASOBAL: 2005, 2008, 2011
  • EHF Champions League: 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09
  • EHF Champions Trophy: 2005, 2006, 2008
  • IHF Super Globe: 2007, 2010
• Atletico Madrid
  • Copa del Rey: 2012, 2013
  • Supercopa ASOBAL: 2012
  • IHF Super Globe: 2012
• Vive Kielce
  • Polish Superliga: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
  • Polish Cup: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
  • EHF Champions League: 2015–16

Individual Awards

• Top scorer at 1992 Summer Olympics (47 goals)
• Best Center back at 1992 Summer Olympics
• IHF World Player of the Year (2): 1994, 1996
• Best Center back at 1995 World Championship
• MVP at 1996 European Championship
• Best Center back at 1997 World Championship
• MVP at 1997 World Championship
• Best Center back at 1998 European Championship
• MVP at 2000 Summer Olympics
• IHF World Player of the Century – 2nd place
• His No. 10 jersey was retired at BM Ciudad Real in 2005, meaning no one else on the team would wear that number.
• All-Star Team as Best Head Coach at EHF Champions League: 2015, 2022
• Inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2023.

Images for kids

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  The CIS team in 1992

See also

In Spanish: Talant Dujshebaev para niños

• List of handballers with 1000 or more international goals