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Dalma Iványi
	Iványi (right) receiving Tüke medal in 2018
Personal information
Born	March 18, 1976 (age 48); Békéscsaba, Hungarian People's Republic
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	135 lb (61 kg)
Career information
College	FIU (1995–1999)
WNBA draft	1999: 4th round, 37th overall pick
	Selected by the Utah Starzz
Playing career	1994–2014
Position	Guard
Number	8
Career history
As player:
1994–2011	Mizo Pécs 2010
1999–2000	Utah Starzz
2003	Phoenix Mercury
2004–2006	San Antonio Silver Stars
2012	Botaşspor
2012–2014	PINKK-Pécsi 424
As coach:
2019–2020	PINKK-Pécsi 424
2020–	UNI Győr [hu]
Career highlights and awards
	2× NCAA season assists leader (1998, 1999); Third-team All-American – AP (1999); Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year (1999); A-Sun Player of the Year (1998); All-Sun Belt (1999); First-team All-A-Sun (1998);
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Dalma Iványi (born March 18, 1976)^[a] is a Hungarian basketball player and coach, who played as a guard. She won 10 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A Championships with Mizo Pécs 2010 and PINKK-Pécsi 424. She also played for Utah Starzz, Phoenix Mercury, and San Antonio Silver Stars in the American Women's National Basketball Association. Iványi is the current coach of Hungarian club UNI Győr [hu].

Personal life

Iványi was born on March 18, 1976,^[a] in Békéscsaba, Hungarian People's Republic (now Hungary).^[1] She started playing basketball at the age of 5 in Mezőberény.^[1] Her husband is Bulgarian, and they have two children.^[1]

Club career

Iványi played as a guard.^[2] Iványi started out as a youth player at Pécs 2010 (PVSK), the women's basketball team in Pécs, Hungary.^[3] She was a captain of the youth team, before being promoted to the senior team in 1994.^[3] In the final game of her first season, Iványi scored 22 points, as PVSK won the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A.^[3]^[4] She also played for PINKK-Pécsi 424.^[1] During her career, Iványi won 10 Hungarian Championships,^[5] including nine with Pécs 2010 between 1994 and 2011.^[1]

In the US, Iványi played college basketball for Florida International University (FIU),^[2] before graduating from FIU in 1999.^[6] She played for four years at FIU, and averaged 14.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 8.5 assists and 3.6 steals per game.^[2] In her sophomore year, Iványi was one of seven non-American players in the FIU team.^[7] In the 1997 season, Iványi had the most assists in the league.^[6]

Iványi was drafted by the Utah Starzz in the fourth round of the 1999 Women's National Basketball Association draft.^[2] Fellow Hungarian Andrea Nagy was also drafted,^[2] and Iványi was one of 12 college basketball players selected in the draft.^[6] Iványi played in the WNBA between 1999 and 2006.^[8] Between 1999 and 2000 she played for the Utah Starzz,^[9] and she did not play in the WNBA in the 2001 season, due to her commitments in the Hungarian league.^[10] In 2003, she played for Phoenix Mercury, and from 2004 to 2006 she played for San Antonio Silver Stars.^[9] Whilst with the Stars, she shared a car with Polish player Agnieszka Bibrzycka.^[9]

International career

Iványi played internationally for Hungary over 130 times.^[1] She represented them in four EuroBasket Women tournaments, and one FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, winning two EuroBasket bronze medals.^[1]

Coaching career

After retiring, Iványi became youth coach of PINKK-Pécsi 424.^[1] In April 2020, she announced a move to UNI Győr [hu], to start coaching there from July 1, 2020.^[11] From 2022 she is the assistant coach for NKA Universitas Pécs.

Career statistics

**Legend**
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage
FT%	Free throw percentage	RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game
TO	Turnovers per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high		Data not available	*	Led Division I

College


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1995–96	FIU	28	-	-	41.2	26.9	75.7	5.6	6.6	4.1	0.1	-	14.2
1996–97	FIU	17	-	-	40.0	37.0	78.7	4.5	8.9	3.1	0.1	-	11.6
1997–98	FIU	31	-	-	47.2	32.1	78.9	5.1	*9.5	3.4	0.0	-	14.6
1998–99	FIU	30	-	-	43.1	40.6	86.6	3.8	*8.8	3.4	0.1	-	15.0
Career		106	-	-	43.3	34.6	80.3	4.8	8.5	3.5	0.1	-	14.1
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.^[12]