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that year, but was kept as reserve during the final. Tired by the commuting between France and
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112:Honvéd-LNX
28:Nickname(s)
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670:References
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569:Tímea Nagy
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630:. In the
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55:, Hungary
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545:Veszprém
158:Women's
53:Veszprém
809:Profile
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