László Rátgéber
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Biography
László Rátgéber (born 11 October 1966 in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia (today in Serbia)) is the Hungarian basketball coach. He’s the only one who had fulfilled the position of head coach of the men's and women’s national basketball team of Hungary.
László Rátgéber was born in a basketball family, his father (László Rátgéber) was the head coach of the national basketball team of Yugoslavia, her mother (Julianna Pavlik) was a national team player and two times national champion. Married, father of two son. His wife is Magdolna Csák, former professional basketball player and national team member 125 times.
Between 1984-1993, he coached Zkk Vojvodina (Yugoslavia). In 1992, he worked with the national team of Yugoslavia as assistant coach. In 1993, he moved to Pécs, Hungary and he coached Hungarian powerhouse MiZo Pécs (then Pécsi VSK) between 1993–2008 where he won 9 national championships and 9 national cups. He led Pécs to the EuroLeague Women Final Four three times. His record of 777 games and 80% wins makes him the most successful Hungarian club coach.
He won 2009 Russian Women's Basketball league and EuroLeague Women '09 with Spartak Moscow, then coached Fenerbahçe Istanbul. He coached Hungarian powerhouse MiZo Pécs between 1993–08 where he won 10 league championships and 10 cup. He coached Hungary women's national basketball team many times.
He was coaching EuroLeague Women All Star 2011 World Team Coach.
Honors
- EuroLeague Women
- Winner (1): 2009 with Spartak Moscow
- Final four (4): 2001, 2004, 2005 with MiZo Pécsi VSK, 2009 with Spartak Moscow
- Europe SuperCup Women (2): 2008, 2009
- Russian Women's Basketball League (2): 2008, 2009
- Hungarian Women's Basketball League (9): 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Hungarian Women's Basketball League Cup (9): 1997, 1998,1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
- Turkish Women's Basketball League (1): 2010–11
- Turkish Super Cup (1): 2010
- EuroBasket Women: 4th place with Hungary women's national basketball team (1997), as assistant coach