Timothey N'Guessan
| Timothey N'Guessan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 N'guessan in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
18 September 1992 Massy, France | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Barcelona | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2003–2008 | Dieppe UC | ||
2008–2011 | SMV Porte Normande | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2011–2016 | Chambéry SH | ||
2016– | FC Barcelona | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012– | France | 114 | (255) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 21 October 2024 | |||
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Timothey N'Guessan (born 18 September 1992) is a French professional handball player for FC Barcelona and for the French national team.[1] His achievements with the national team include winning a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 2017 World Championship.[2] He has been made a knight (chevalier) of the French Legion of Honour.[3]
Career
N'Guessan played for Dieppe UC and SMV Porte Normande as a youth player, before joined Chambery Savoie Handball in 2011. Here he played 115 games, scoring 418, before he joined FC Barcelona.[4] Here he has won both the Liga ASOBAL, Copa ASOBAL, Cope del Rey, as well as the IHF Super Globe in 2018 and 2019 and the EHF Champions League in 2021, 2022 and 2024.
National team
He made his debut for the French national team on 7 January 2013 against Argentina.[5]
At the 2016 Olympics he won a silver medal. A year later he won the 2017 World Championship.
At the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship and at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship he won a bronze medal on both occasions.
At the 2020 Olympics he won a gold medal with France.[6]
At the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship he completed the set of international gold medals. He was however injured during the preliminary rounds and replaced by Romain Lagarde, so he only played 3 games.[7]
Honours
Club
- Liga ASOBAL
- Winner: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Copa del Rey
- Winner: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Supercopa ASOBAL
- Winner: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Iberian Supercup
- Winner: 2022, 2023, 2024
- EHF Champions League
- Winner: 2021, 2022, 2024
- Runner-up: 2020
- IHF Super Globe
- Winner: 2017, 2018, 2019
- Runner-up: 2021, 2022
Personal life
N'Guessan was born in Massy on 18 September 1992.[2]
References
- ^ "Timothey N'guessan". history.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Timothey N'Guessan". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Décret du 8 septembre 2021 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "N´Guessan verlängert in Barcelona" (in German). handball-world.news. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Duell deutscher Vorrundengegner: Frankreich deklassiert Argentinien" (in German). handball-world.news. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Cumulative Statistics: France" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "EHF Euro 2024: Cumulative Statistics France". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
External links
- Timothey N'Guessan at the European Handball Federation
- Timothey N'Guessan at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)
- Timothey N'Guessan at Olympics.com
- Timothey N'Guessan at Team France (in French)
- Timothey N'Guessan at the French Olympic Committee (archived) (in French)
- Timothey N'Guessan at Olympedia
- Timothey N'Guessan at InterSportStats
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