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Kentin Mahé

Personal information

Born

22 May 1991 (age 34)
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

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 ¹

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

2010–

France

173

(558)

Medal record

Olympic Games

Gold	2020 Tokyo	Team
Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Team
World Championship
Gold	2015 Qatar
Gold	2017 France
Silver	2023 Poland/Sweden
Bronze	2019 Germany/Denmark
European Championship
Gold	2024 Germany
Bronze	2018 Croatia

¹ National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 July 2024

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

Early life
Career
Achievements
- National team
- Domestic competitions
Individual awards
See also

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.