János Szathmári

János Szathmári (born 25 March 1969 in Nádudvar) is a Hungarian handball goalkeeper, who plays for Balatonfüredi KSE.

Career Szathmári started his career by his hometown club Nádudvari SE. Later, he played for Debreceni Dózsa, before moving to KC Veszprém, where he achieved his best results of his career with five Hungarian Championship and five Hungarian Cup titles. He also tried his hands in Spain, but just after one season he moved back to Hungary. He currently plays for Balatonfüredi KSE.

He is former Hungarian international, who has been capped 303 times. and on four European Championships (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004). He was present at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian national team placed seventh, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where the team placed fourth.

He helped the national team as a goalkeeping coach during the preparations for the 2010 European Championship.

Individual awards Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 1998

Personal He has a daughter, Anna (b. 1993), who follows his father's path and plays as a handball goalkeeper.