Valentin Porte facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Valentin Porte |
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Born | Versailles, France |
7 September 1990 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Right back/wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Montpellier Handball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–2006
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HBC Toury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2008
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Mainvilliers-Chartres HB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2016
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Fenix Toulouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–
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Montpellier Handball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2024
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France | 198 | (438) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
See also
In Spanish: Valentin Porte para niños