Kentin Mahé

Kentin Mahé
Mahé 2024
Personal information
Born (1991-05-22) 22 May 1991 (age 33)
Paris, France
Nationality French
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back/Left Wing
Club information
Current club VfL Gummersbach
Number 22
Youth career
Years Team
1997–1999
 AS Monaco
1999–2000
 ASPTT Nice
2000–2008
 TSV Bayer Dormagen
2008
 Hammarby IF
2009
 TSV Bayer Dormagen
Senior clubs
Years Team
2009–2011
 DHC Rheinland
2011–2013
 VfL Gummersbach
2013–2015
 HSV Hamburg
2015–2018
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2018–2024
 Telekom Veszprém
2024–
 VfL Gummersbach
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–
 France 102 (346)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 Qatar
Gold medal – first place 2017 France
Silver medal – second place 2023 Poland/Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Germany/Denmark
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2024 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Croatia

Kentin Mahé (born 22 May 1991) is a French handball player for VfL Gummersbach and the French national team.[1][2]

Early life

Kentin Mahé was born in Paris and started to play handball at age six in AS Monaco, before briefly representing ASPTT Nice. In 2000, he moved to Germany where he grew up, due to his father Pascal Mahé, a former handball player, taking up several managerial positions in the country.[3]

His maternal grandmother is from Sweden and he lived in Stockholm for four months in 2008, aged 18, playing youth handball with then reigning national champions Hammarby IF.[3]

Career

Mahé returned to Germany in 2009 and made his senior debut for DHC Rheinland, before enjoying stints in VfL Gummersbach and HSV Hamburg.[3]

In 2015, he signed with the German top club SG Flensburg-Handewitt where he developed into a world class-player under the management of Ljubomir Vranjes. He joined the Hungarian club Telekom Veszprém on 1 July 2018.[3]

Achievements

National team

Domestic competitions

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "2017 World Championship Roster" (PDF). sportresult.com. IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Profile". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d "EXTRA: Kentin Mahé lämnar Flensburg för Veszprém" (in Swedish). Handbollskanalen. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  4. ^ "EHF Champions League Men 2021/22 All-star Team awarded". European Handball Federation. 17 June 2022.
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