Bruno Martini (handballer)
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Salon-de-Provence, France
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 Bruno Martini (left) during an interview with a beIN Sports presenter in 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
3 July 1970 Salon-de-Provence, France | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
– | SSMC Miramas | |||||||||||||||||||
– | SMUC Marseille | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
-1989 | SMUC Marseille | |||||||||||||||||||
1989-1994 | OM Vitrolles | |||||||||||||||||||
1994-1995 | Istres Provence Handball | |||||||||||||||||||
1995-1996 | OM Vitrolles | |||||||||||||||||||
1996-1997 | SD Teucro | |||||||||||||||||||
1997-1998 | Spacer's Toulouse | |||||||||||||||||||
1998-1999 | CB Cangas | |||||||||||||||||||
1999-2000 | HC Wuppertal | |||||||||||||||||||
2000-2003 | Montpellier Handball | |||||||||||||||||||
2003-2005 | Paris Handball | |||||||||||||||||||
2003-2005 | USAM Nîmes | |||||||||||||||||||
2009 | THW Kiel | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1990-2007 | France | 202 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bruno Martini (born 1970) is a French former team handball goalkeeper. He was a part of the French national team that won the 1995 World Championship; the first time France ever won a major international tournament.
National team
Martini played for the OM Vitrolles between 1991-1994, where he won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1993 and the French Championship in 1994. In 1994, he joined Istres Provence Handball, where he played for a year before returning to OM Vitrolles. Here he once again won the French championship, before leaving for Spanish SD Teucro, when OM Vitrolles went bankrupt and were administratively relegated.
After a year in Spain, he returned to France and played for Spacer's Toulouse. Here he won the Coupe de France in 1998, before joining the Spanish team BM Cangas. In the 1999-2000 season, he joined German Bundesliga side HC Wuppertal.
From 2000 to 2003, he played for Montpellier Handball, where he won the French championship and Cup in 2002 and 2003. At the end of his career, he also played for Paris Handball and USAM Nîmes.
In March 2009 he came back from retirement to join German side THW Kiel to replace the injured Andreas Palicka.[1] In that season he won both the Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal.
Martini played a total of 202 national team games for France. He debuted in 1990, a month after turning 20, against the Soviet Union.[2]
With France, he won the 1995 and 2001 World Championships. At the 1997 and 2003 World Championships he won bronze medals with the French team. He also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he placed 4th with the French team, and also at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where the team placed 6th.[3]
Post playing career
Together with his wife, Sonia, he had the marketing company MP Sport, which works with the French league and several French clubs.
From 2010 until 15 January 2021 he was the General Manager at Paris Saint-Germain.[4]
In November 2021, he was elected as the President of the French handball league, Ligue Nationale de Handball.[5]
