Valentin Porte
| Valentin Porte | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Porte in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
7 September 1990 Versailles, France | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back/wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Montpellier Handball | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1996–2006 | HBC Toury | ||
2006–2008 | Mainvilliers-Chartres HB | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2008–2016 | Fenix Toulouse | ||
2016– | Montpellier Handball | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2024 | France | 198 | (438) |
Valentin Porte (born 7 September 1990) is a French handball player for Montpellier Handball.[1][2]
He won the European title in 2014, the world title in 2015 and 2017, and an Olympic gold medal in 2020.[3] He also won EHF Champions League in 2018 with Montpellier.
He normally plays as a right wing, but can also play as a right back.
Career
[edit]Porte senior debut came in the French top flight, Starligue, in 2008 for Fenix Toulouse Handball.
In the summer of 2016 he joined league rivals Montpellier Handball.[4] Here, he won the EHF Champions League in 2018 and the Coupe de France in 2025.
National team
[edit]He debuted for the French national team in 2013, and his first major international tournament was the World Championship the same year. In 2015, he won the World Championship in Qatar.[5][6]
At the 2016 Olympics, he won a silver medal with the french team, and was in the tournament all-star team.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ EHF profile
- ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ Valentin Porte. nbcolympics.com
- ^ "Hand: le Toulousain Valentin Porte à Montpellier en 2016" [Handball: Toulouse player Valentin Porte to Montpellier in 2016] (in French). liberation.fr. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "France: World, Olympic and European Champions". IHF. 1 February 2015. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "All-Star Team mit deutscher Beteiligung: Mikkel Hansen als MVP geehrt" [All Star team with German members: Mikkel Hansen as MVP] (in German). handball-world.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
External links
[edit]
- Valentin Porte at the European Handball Federation
- Valentin Porte at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)
- Valentin Porte at Team France (in French)
- Valentin Porte at the French Olympic Committee (archived) (in French)
- Valentin Porte at Olympedia
- Valentin Porte at InterSportStats
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