Vincent Gérard
Vincent Gérard (2016) |
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| Player information | |
|---|---|
| birthday | December 16, 1986 |
| place of birth | Woippy , France |
| citizenship |
 French
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| height | 1.88 m |
| Playing position | goalkeeper |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Club information | |
| society |
Paris Saint-Germain
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| Jersey number | 1 |
| Clubs in the youth | |
| from ... to | society |
| -2006 |
SMEC Metz
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| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| 2006-2008 |
Montpellier AHB
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| 2008-2010 |
Istres Ouest Provence HB
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| 2010-2015 |
Dunkerque HBGL
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| 2015-2019 |
Montpellier handball
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| 2019– |
Paris Saint-Germain
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| National team | |
| Debut on | April 6, 2013 |
| against |
 Norway
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| Games (goals) | |
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France
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94 (12) |
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Status: January 12, 2020 |
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Vincent Gérard (born December 16, 1986 in Woippy ) is a French handball goalkeeper .
The 1.89 m tall and 104 kg right-handed man spent a lot of time in sports halls as a child of two handball players and started working for the French club SMEC Metz . In 2006 he was committed to Montpellier AHB , with whom he won the Coupe de la Ligue in 2006/07 and the championship , the Coupe de la Ligue and the Coupe de France in 2007/08 . In the EHF Champions League 2006/07 he reached the second round. After two years he moved to Istres Ouest Provence HB , where he again triumphed in the League Cup in 2008/09 and reached the fourth round in the 2009/10 EHF Cup . From 2010 he ran for Dunkerque HBGL . In 2010/11 he won the Coupe de France, 2012/13 the League Cup and the Supercup. That season he was also voted LNH's best goalkeeper. With Dunkerque he reached the group stage in the EHF Champions League 2013/14 . In 2014 he became French champion for the second time. In summer 2015 he returned to Montpellier. With Montpellier he won the League Cup and the Coupe de France in 2016 and the EHF Champions League in 2018 . For the 2019/20 season he moved to Paris Saint-Germain . With Paris he won the French championship in 2020.
Gérard made his debut in the French national team on April 6, 2013 against Norway . At the 2014 European Championship he won the gold medal, but was replaced by Thierry Omeyer in the preliminary round after three games . He won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . In 2017 he won the World Cup with France. He was also accepted as the tournament's best goalkeeper in the All-Star Team. He did the same at the 2018 European Championships , where his team finished third. He won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Cup . So far, he has played 94 international matches .
Web links
- Vincent Gérard on the Montpellier Handball website
- Vincent Gérard on the website of the French national handball team
- Vincent Gérard in the LNH database
- Vincent Gérard in the database of the European Handball Federation
Individual evidence
- ↑ livecache.sportresult.com: France , accessed January 15, 2020
- ↑ EHF EURO: Player Profile - EHF EURO. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
- ^ European Handball Federation - Vincent Gerard / Player. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
- ↑ handball-world.com: European champion moves from Dunkerque to Montpellier , accessed on April 11, 2015
- ↑ handball-world.news: Paris confirms transfer of Gerard , accessed on July 3, 2019
- ↑ w.media Ltd NL Germany: Six medal winners in the all-star team of the World Cup - Karabatic MVP. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
- ↑ EHF EURO: EHF EURO 2018 All-star team named . In: EHF EURO . ( ehf-euro.com [accessed on February 16, 2018]).
- ↑ Julia Nikoleit: Decision at the last second: Germany has to admit defeat to France in the battle for bronze. Retrieved February 5, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gérard, Vincent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Woippy , France |