Kentin Mahé
Kentin Mahé (born 22 May 1991) is a French handball player for Telekom Veszprém and the French national team.[1][2]
Kentin Mahé | |||
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Mahé with SG Flensburg-Handewitt in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
Born |
Paris, France | 22 May 1991||
Nationality | French | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back/Left Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Telekom Veszprém | ||
Number | 35 | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1997–1999 | AS Monaco | ||
1999–2000 | ASPTT Nice | ||
2000–2008 | TSV Bayer Dormagen | ||
2008 | Hammarby IF | ||
2009 | TSV Bayer Dormagen | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2009–2011 | DHC Rheinland | ||
2011–2013 | VfL Gummersbach | ||
2013–2015 | HSV Hamburg | ||
2015–2018 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
2018– | Telekom Veszprém | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010– | France | 102 | (346) |
Early life
Kentin Mahé was born in Paris and started to play handball at age six in AS Monaco, before briefly representing ASPTT Nice. In 2000, he moved to Germany where he grew up, due to his father Pascal Mahé, a former handball player, taking up several managerial positions in the country.[3]
His maternal grandmother is from Sweden and he lived in Stockholm for four months in 2008, aged 18, playing youth handball with then reigning national champions Hammarby IF.[3]
Career
Mahé returned to Germany in 2009 and made his senior debut for DHC Rheinland, before enjoying stints in VfL Gummersbach and HSV Hamburg.[3]
In 2015, he signed with the German top club SG Flensburg-Handewitt where he developed into a world class-player under the management of Ljubomir Vranjes. He joined the Hungarian club MVM Veszprém KC on 1 July 2018.[3]
Achievements
National team
- Olympic Games:
- Silver: 2016
- World Championship:
- European Men's Handball Championship
- Bronze: 2018
Domestic competitions
- Handball-Bundesliga:
- Gold: 2018
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
- Gold: 2019
Individual awards
- MVP of the EHF Cup Final Four tournament: 2015
- All-Star team Best Centre Back of the EHF Champions League: 2019
References
- "2017 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- "Profile". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- "EXTRA: Kentin Mahé lämnar Flensburg för Veszprém" (in Swedish). Handbollskanalen. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
External links
- Kentin Mahé at French Olympic Committee (in French)
- Kentin Mahé at Olympedia
- Kentin Mahé at European Handball Federation
- Kentin Mahé at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)