Viktor Szélig

Viktor Szélig
Date of birth	22nd September 1975
place of birth	Dunaújváros , Hungary
size	185 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
number	# 5
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1989-2006	Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros
2006-2015	Briançon Alpes Provence HC

Viktor Szélig ( Hungarian Szélig Viktor * 22. September 1975 in Dunaújváros ) is a former Hungarian hockey players , who for many years for Dunaferr SE Dunaujvaros in Hungary Hockey League and 2006-2015 the Briançon Alpes Provence HC in the French Ligue Magnus was active . Since the end of his career he has been working as an ice hockey trainer and manager.

Career

Viktor Szélig began his career as a hockey player in the youth of Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros , for whose professional team he was active in the Hungarian ice hockey league from 1994 to 2006 . During this time, the defender and his team won the national championship four times and the national cup eight times. Furthermore, Szélig was runner-up six times with Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros. In the summer of 2006, the Hungarian moved to Briançon Alpes Provence HC in the French Ligue Magnus , for which he has been on the ice since then. With Briançon he reached the runner-up and second place in the Coupe de la Ligue in 2008 and 2009 . In 2010, he and his team won the Coupe de France for the first time .

During the 2014/15 season he acted as player-coach at Briançon Alpes Provence HC before ending his career in 2015 and becoming general manager of the club. Szélig has been General Manager at Fehérvár AV19 from the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League since 2017 .

International

For Hungary , Szélig took part in the junior division at the U18 Junior C European Championship in 1992 and the U18 Junior B European Championship in 1993 and the U20 Junior C World Championships in 1993 , 1994 and 1995 .

In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the World Championships in Division II in 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1997 and 2000 as well as in the World Championships in Division I in 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 and 2011 , the World Championship of Division IA 2012 and the World Championship 2009 . He also ran for Hungary in qualifying for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games . From 2009 to 2011 he was the team captain of Hungary.

Achievements and Awards

• Hungarian champion : 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 with Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros
• Hungarian runner-up: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 with Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros
• Hungarian Cup Winner: 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 with Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros
• Best defender of the Hungarian Ice Hockey League : 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000
• French runner-up: 2008, 2009 with the Diables Rouges de Briançon
• 2nd place Coupe de la Ligue : 2008, 2009 with the Diables Rouges de Briançon
• Coupe de France : 2010 with the Diables Rouges de Briançon
• Coupe de la Ligue : 2012 with the Diables Rouges de Briançon
• French champion : 2014 with the Diables Rouges de Briançon

International

• 1992 promotion to the B-European championship at the U18-Junior-C-European championship
• 2000 Promotion to the B World Championship at the C World Championship
• 2008 Promotion to the top division at the World Cup of Division I.

Web links

• Viktor Szélig at hockeydb.com (English)
• Viktor Szélig at eliteprospects.com (English)