Valentin Porte

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Valentin Porte
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Porte in 2016
Personal information
Born (1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 35)
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.[1][2]

He won the European title in 2014, the world title in 2015 and 2017, and an Olympic gold medal in 2020.[3] 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

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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.[4] Here, he won the EHF Champions League in 2018.

National team

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He debuted for the French national team in 2013, and his first major international tournament was the World Championship 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.[5]

References

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  1. ^ EHF profile
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  3. ^ Valentin Porte. nbcolympics.com
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