| 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.
He won the European title in 2014, the world title in 2015 and 2017, and an Olympic gold medal in 2020. 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
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. Here he won the EHF Champions League in 2018.
National team
He debuted for the French national team in 2013, and his first major international tournament was the World Chamionship the same year. In 2015 he won the World Championship in Qatar.
At the 2016 Olympics he won a silver medal with the french team, and was in the tournament all-star team.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
External links
- Valentin Porte at the European Handball Federation
- Valentin Porte at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)
- Valentin Porte at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- Valentin Porte at Team France (in French)
- Valentin Porte at Olympedia
