Michaël Guigou
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Michaël Guigou at an international match in 2010 |
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| Player information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | "Mika" |
| birthday | January 28, 1982 |
| place of birth | Apt , France |
| citizenship |
 French
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| height | 1.79 m |
| Playing position | Left winger |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Club information | |
| society | USAM Nîmes |
| Jersey number | 14th |
| Clubs in the youth | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1988-1998 |
Apt
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| 1998-1999 |
Avignon
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| 1999-2000 |
Montpellier HB
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| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| 2000-2019 |
Montpellier handball
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| 2019– |
USAM Nîmes
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| National team | |
| Debut on | July 3, 2002 |
| against |
 Japan
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| Games (goals) | |
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France
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280 (957) |
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Status: January 12, 2020 |
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Michaël Guigou (born January 28, 1982 in Apt , France ) is a French handball player . He is 1.79 m tall and weighs 78 kg.
Giugou, who plays for the French club USAM Nîmes and plays for the French men's national handball team (shirt number 21), is mostly used as a left winger. As a national player, Guigou held all three major world handball titles twice at the same time.
Career
In his youth Michaël Guigou played in his home Apt and in nearby Avignon, but in 1999 he was signed by the French top club Montpellier Handball . With the southern French he won the French championship in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2016 French Cup, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 and 2016 the French League Cup and 2003 and 2018 the EHF Champions League . In summer 2019 he moved to USAM Nîmes .
Michaël Guigou has played 280 international matches for the French men's national handball team . With France, he was at the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship in Switzerland, 2,010 in Austria and 2,014 in Denmark European champion . At the men's handball world championship in 2005 in Tunisia, he won bronze ; He also took part in the 2007 men's handball world championship in Germany, but failed with France in the semi-finals against the German team and ended up in 4th place. He won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games . In 2009 , 2011 , 2015 and 2017 he became world champion with France . At the 2009 World Cup, he was voted the best left winger in the Allstar team. In summer 2012 he again took part in the Olympic Games in London and again won the gold medal. He won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . He won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Cup .
Web links
- Michaël Guigou on the Montpellier AHB website
- Michaël Guigou on the website of the French national team
- Michaël Guigou in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Michaël Guigou in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Michaël Guigou in the LNH database
Individual evidence
- ↑ livecache.sportresult.com: France , accessed January 15, 2020
- ↑ lequipe.fr: Michaël Guigou (Montpellier) signe à Nîmes pour deux ans , accessed on July 3, 2019
- ↑ www.london2012.com: France - Team Rosters , accessed August 4, 2012
- ↑ Julia Nikoleit: Decision at the last second: Germany has to admit defeat to France in the battle for bronze. Retrieved February 5, 2019 .
- ↑ IHF: 26th Men's World Championship 2019. Accessed February 5, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Guigou, Michaël |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Apt , France |