| Kentin Mahé | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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Kentin Mahé (born 22 May 1991) is a French handball player for VfL Gummersbach and the French national team.
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.
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.
Career
Mahé returned to Germany in 2009 and made his senior debut for DHC Rheinland, before enjoying stints in VfL Gummersbach and HSV Hamburg.
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.
Achievements
National team
Gold: 
Silver: 
Bronze: Domestic competitions
Individual awards
- MVP of the EHF Cup Final Four tournament: 2015
- All-Star team Best Centre Back of the EHF Champions League: 2019, 2022
References
- "2017 World Championship Roster" (PDF). sportresult.com. IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- "Profile". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "EXTRA: Kentin Mahé lämnar Flensburg för Veszprém" (in Swedish). Handbollskanalen. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- "EHF Champions League Men 2021/22 All-star Team awarded". European Handball Federation. 17 June 2022.
External links
- Kentin Mahé at the European Handball Federation
- Kentin Mahé at Olympedia
- Kentin Mahé at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- Kentin Mahé at Team France (in French)
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- French people of Swedish descent
- French male handball players
- Handball players from Paris
- Handball-Bundesliga players
- VfL Gummersbach players
- SG Flensburg-Handewitt players
- Veszprém KC players
- French expatriate handball players in Germany
- Olympic handball players for France
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- French expatriate handball players in Hungary
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- French handball biography stubs