Philippe Gardent

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Philippe Gardent
Philippe Gardent

Philippe Gardent (2013)

Player information
Nickname "Boule"
birthday March 15, 1964
place of birth Belleville , France
citizenship FrenchmanFrenchman French
height 1.84 m
Playing position Circular rotor
Throwing hand right
Clubs as active
from ... to society
0000-1982 FranceFrance Stade français
1982-1985 FranceFrance Paris Université Club
1985-1990 FranceFrance USM Gagny
1990-1992 FranceFrance USAM Nîmes
1992-1996 FranceFrance OM Vitrolles
National team
Debut on 1983
  Games (goals)
FranceFrance France 298 (635)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to society
1996-2012 FranceFrance Chambery Savoie HB
2012-2015 FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain
2015– FranceFrance Fenix ​​Toulouse handball

As of September 5, 2016

Philippe Gardent (born March 15, 1964 in Belleville ) is a French handball coach and former handball player .

Player career

The 1.84 m tall Philippe Gardent played on the position of the circuit . In his youth he worked for Stade français in Paris . In 1982 he moved to the Paris Université Club . In 1985, the then top club USM Gagny signed him, with whom he became French champions in 1986 and 1987 and won the cup in 1987. After five years he went to USAM Nîmes , with whom he won another championship in 1991. In 1992 he joined the financially strong OM Vitrolles , with whom he was again champion in 1994 and 1996 and cup winner in 1993 and 1995. Internationally, he won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1993 . A year later he lost to FC Barcelona in the final . In 1996 he ended his career. In 2002 he was voted France's best circuit runner of all time.

In the French national team , Gardent made his debut in 1983 at the Mediterranean Games , where he saw the red card in his first game . At the 1992 Olympic Games , he won the bronze medal. At the following World Cup in 1993 he lost to the Russian team in the final. He celebrated his greatest successes at the 1995 World Cup with the world championship title. By 1995, the long-time captain had played 298 international matches in which he scored 635 goals.

Coaching career

After the end of his career, Philippe Gardent took over the coaching position at Chambéry Savoie HB in 1996 , to which he remained loyal until 2012. Under his leadership, Chambéry won the championship in 2001 and the league cup in 2002. He was also ten times runner-up and four times cup finalist. At European level he was in the quarter-finals of the 2002/03 Cup Winners ' Cup and the 2007/08 EHF Cup . From 2012 to 2015 he coached Paris Saint-Germain , with whom he became champion in 2013 and reached the final of the cup. In the EHF Champions League 2013/14 he failed in the quarterfinals to MKB-MVM Veszprém . He also won the French Cup in 2014 and 2015 and the French Championship in 2015. He has been training Fenix ​​Toulouse handball since summer 2015 .

successes

as a player
as a trainer
  • French champion 2001, 2013 and 2015
  • French league cup winner 2002
  • French cup winner 2014 and 2015
  • Trainer of the year 2001 and 2011

Web links

Commons : Philippe Gardent  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c www.liberation.fr Philippe Gardent (French) of 23 June 1995, accessed on May 21, 2014
  2. ↑ www.lemessager.fr Philippe Gardent: “Entraîner l'équipe de France ne me déplairait pas” (French) of February 16, 2012, accessed on May 21, 2014
  3. ↑ www.ff-handball.org Sept de Diamant de Handball 2002 (PDF, 259 kB) accessed on May 21, 2014
  4. ↑ a b www.handball-world.com Paris HB ends the game about coaching from June 10, 2012, accessed on May 21, 2014
  5. ↑ www.handball-world.com PSG after the championship with a change of coach - Serdarusic takes over from June 5, 2015, accessed on June 5, 2015
  6. ↑ actu.cotetoulouse.fr Philippe Gardent, new entraîneur du Fenix: “Je viens pour être champion de France avec Toulouse” of June 17, 2015, accessed on September 5, 2016
  7. ↑ www.handzone.net Le Sept d'or: Chambéry en Force! (French) July 1, 2001, accessed May 21, 2014
  8. ↑ www.handzone.net Le palmarès des Trophées du Hand 2011 (French) of May 17, 2011, accessed on May 21, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Gardent, Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French handball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Belleville