William Accambray
William Accambray (2012) |
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| Player information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | "Willy" |
| birthday | April 8, 1988 |
| place of birth | Cannes , France |
| citizenship |
 French
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| height | 1.94 m |
| Playing position | Back left |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Club information | |
| society | Brest GK Meshkov |
| Jersey number | 20th |
| Clubs in the youth | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1996-2002 |
ASPTT Grasse
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| 2002-2003 |
HBMMS
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| 2003-2004 |
Mandelieu HB
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| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| 2004-2005 |
HB Mougins
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| 2005-2014 |
Montpellier AHB
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| 2014-2017 |
Paris Saint-Germain
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| 2017-2019 |
 KC Veszprém
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| 2018-2019 |
 RK Celje (loan)
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| 2019– |
 Brest GK Meshkov
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| National team | |
| Debut on | March 19, 2009 |
| against |
 Portugal
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| Games (goals) | |
|
France
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105 (223) |
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Status: February 20, 2020 |
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William Accambray (born April 8, 1988 in Cannes ) is a French handball player . He is 1.94 meters tall and weighs 104 kilograms and is mostly used in the left rear position.
Career
society
William Accambray started playing handball at the age of 6 at ASPTT Grasse . At the age of 14 he moved to the Handball Mougins Mouans-Sartoux (HBMMS) club; a year later he moved to the handball club Mandelieu HB . He began his professional career at HB Mougins Mouans-Sartoux Mandelieu in the French Maritime Alps, where he played in the Liga Nationale 2.
After a year he moved to the French first division club Montpellier HB . In his first season with Montpellier, he only made eight appearances in which he scored eleven goals. In the second season, William Accambray made 25 appearances and scored 44 times, including one from the 7-meter point. In the following season he played 20 games and scored 39 times; in the 2008/09 season he scored 74 goals in 26 games. In the next year he hit the gate 118 times. In the 2010/11 season, in which he scored 139 goals, he was named the best player in the Ligue Nationale de Handball . In the 2011/12 season, he extended his contract in Montpellier HB to 2016. So far, William Accambray threw 474 goals in 142 games and thus achieved an average of 3.3 goals per game. With Montpellier HB he played in the EHF Champions League from 2005/2006 to 2011/2012 . For the 2014/15 season Accambray moved to Paris Saint-Germain together with his team-mate Thierry Omeyer . In the summer of 2017 he joined the top Hungarian club KC Veszprém . On October 5, 2018, he was loaned to the Slovenian club RK Celje until the end of the 2018/19 season. He then moved to the Belarusian club Brest GK Meschkow . Accambray will run for the French first division club Pays d'Aix UC from the 2020/21 season .
National team
For the French national team , Accambray played his first international match on March 19, 2009 against the Portuguese selection , in which he replaced Nikola Karabatić . So far, he has thrown 223 goals in 105 international matches.
He was in the squad for the 2010 European handball championship in Austria and was European champion. At the 2011 World Cup in Sweden , he scored 34 goals. William Accambray scored his first goal of the World Cup in the first group game against Tunisia in the 48 minute to 24:16. In the same game he hit the goal two more times. In the second game against Egypt , William only played eight minutes and didn't hit the goal. In the 3rd game of the group stage against Bahrain , Accambray scored five times, just like in the 4th game against the German team . In the last game of the group stage against Spain , he only scored 5: 1 in the 5th minute. In the first main round game William Accambray scored six times against Hungary , in the next game against Norway he scored five times and in the last game of the main round group 1 against Iceland he threw four goals. In the semifinals against the selection of Sweden , he scored three goals. In the final France met Denmark ; Accambray scored two goals and became world champions with the French.
Due to an elbow injury, William Accambray did not get much playing time at the European Championships in Serbia , where he scored 13 times, including 10 in the last game against the Icelandic selection . In the summer of 2012 he took part in the Olympic Games in London , where he won the gold medal. At the European Championships in 2014 he was European Champion. In 2017 he won the world title for the second time.
Record in the Ligue Nationale de Handball
| season | society | Division | Games | Gates | 7 meters | Field gates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005/06 | Montpellier HB | Ligue Nationale de Handball | 8th | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2006/07 | Montpellier HB | Ligue Nationale de Handball | 25th | 44 | 1 | 43 |
| 2007/08 | Montpellier AHB | Ligue Nationale de Handball | 20th | 39 | 0 | 39 |
| 2008/09 | Montpellier AHB | Ligue Nationale de Handball | 26th | 74 | 0 | 74 |
| 2009/10 | Montpellier AHB | Ligue Nationale de Handball | 26th | 118 | 0 | 118 |
| 2010/11 | Montpellier AHB | Ligue Nationale de Handball | 24 | 139 | 6th | 133 |
| 2011/12 | Montpellier AHB | Ligue Nationale de Handball | 24 | 99 | 0 | 99 |
| 2012/13 | Montpellier AHB | Ligue Nationale de Handball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | Montpellier AHB | Ligue Nationale de Handball | 23 | 81 | 0 | 81 |
| 2014/15 | Paris Saint-Germain | Ligue Nationale de Handball | 20th | 67 | 0 | 67 |
| 2005-2015 | total | Ligue Nationale de Handball | 196 | 672 | 7th | 665 |
Greatest successes
society
- French champion nine times: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017
- seven times French cup winner: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
- French league cup five times: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
- once Belarusian champion: 2020
National team
- Olympic Games 2012 : 1st place (Olympic Champion)
- World Champion 2011 and 2017
- European champion 2010 and 2014
- 3rd place at the Junior European Championship
Awards
- Best player in the French handball league 2010/2011
family
His parents Jacques Accambray and Isabelle Accambray were also competitive athletes. His father specialized in hammer throwing and his mother in discus throwing . His younger brother Michaël Accambray plays volleyball in Montpellier. His older sister, Jennifer Accambray , specializes in javelin throwing.
Web links
- William Accambray in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- William Accambray in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- William Accambray in the LNH database
- William Accambray on the Paris Saint-Germain website
- William Accambray on the France team website
Individual evidence
- ↑ ihf.info: France , accessed on December 26, 2018
- ↑ www.williamaccambray.fr/william
- ↑ www.handball-planet.com
- ↑ www.thw-provinzial.de
- ↑ www.eurohandball.com, accessed on January 11, 2010
- ↑ www.handball-world.com Off to the Seine: Omeyer and Accambray are moving in France from April 15, 2014, accessed on April 15, 2014
- ↑ lequipe.fr: William Accambray à Veszprém, c'est officiel , accessed on 23 August 2017
- ↑ eurohandball.com: Accambray on loan to Celje , accessed October 6, 2018
- ↑ handball-world.news: Olympic champion Accambray does not return to Veszprem , accessed on May 10, 2019
- ↑ eurohandball.com: PAUC want to make the most of group phase debut , accessed on February 20, 2020
- ↑ www.london2012.com: France - Team Rosters , accessed August 13, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Accambray, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cannes |