Amandine Leynaud

Amandine Leynaud

Amandine Leynaud (2015)
Player information
Full name	Amandine Suzanne Monique Leynaud
Nickname	"Doudou"
birthday	May 2, 1986
place of birth	Aubenas , France
citizenship	French
height	1.78 m
Playing position	goalkeeper
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Győri ETO KC
Jersey number	12
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-2003	Aubenas
2003-2004	Bourg-de-Péage
2004–2012	Metz handball
2012-2013	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
2013-2018	ŽRK Vardar SCBT
2018–	Győri ETO KC
National team
Debut on	November 14, 2005
against	Germany
	Games (goals)
France	228 (3)
As of November 30, 2019

Amandine Suzanne Monique Leynaud (born May 2, 1986 in Aubenas , France ) is a French handball player . She plays for the Hungarian club Győri ETO KC and in the French national handball team .

Career

Leynaud began playing handball in her home town of Aubenas and then played in Bourg-de-Péage. From 2004 the goalkeeper guarded the goal of the French first division team Metz Handball . With Metz, she won the championship six times, the league cup seven times and the French cup once. From summer 2012 she played for the Romanian club CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea . After Râmnicu Vâlcea got into financial difficulties and she could not be paid a salary for several months, she used a release clause of her contract in February 2013 and switched to the Macedonian club ŽRK Vardar SCBT . Due to a ruptured cruciate ligament , she did not play a single competitive game for Oltchim. She has been under contract with the top Hungarian club Győri ETO KC since summer 2018 . Leynaud has been a goalkeeping coach in the first team of Győri ETO KC since the 2020/21 season. She will also remain in the squad as the third goalkeeper.

Leynaud has played 228 games for the French selection so far. The right-hander took part in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games with the French team. She won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . She won the bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships . In 2013 and 2017 she won the World Cup with France. She also played for France at the 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 and 2015 World Championships . Leynaud won the gold medal at the 2018 European Championship and was also elected to the All-Star team.

successes

• French championship 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011
• French Cup 2010
• French League Cup 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
• Macedonian Championship 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
• Macedonian Cup 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
• Hungarian champion 2019
• Hungarian Cup 2019
• EHF Champions League 2019
• 2nd place at the 2009 and 2011 World Championships
• 5th place at the 2007 World Cup
• 5th place at the 2008 Olympic Games
• 2nd place at the 2016 Olympic Games
• 3rd place at the European Championship 2016
• 1st place at the 2017 World Cup
• 1st place at the European Championship 2018

Web links

• Portrait of Amandine Leynaud
• Amandine Leynaud in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Amandine Leynaud in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ japanhandball2019.com: フ ラ ン ス , accessed November 30, 2019
2. ↑ Next vice world champion for Ramnicu Valcea handball-world.com, accessed on March 15, 2012
3. ↑ Great financial concern at Ramnicu Valcea, Leynaud to Skopje handball-world.com, accessed on June 28, 2013
4. ↑ handball-world.news: Six personnel decisions at Györ, World Champion Amandine Leynaud is coming , accessed on February 13, 2018
5. ↑ handball-world.news: Györi Audi ETO creates clarity on goalkeeping position , accessed on January 28, 2020
6. ↑ ihf.info: 23rd Women's World Championship 2017 , accessed December 18, 2017
7. ↑ handball-world.news: Nine players from nine nations - including the German national player in the All-Star Team , accessed on December 17, 2018
8. ↑ handball-world.news: In the gallery: France wins the European Championship final against Russia , accessed on December 17, 2018