Kentin Mahé
French handball player (born 1991)
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Kentin Mahé (born 22 May 1991) is a French handball player for VfL Gummersbach.[1][2]
Paris, France
| Kentin Mahé | |||
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Mahé in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
22 May 1991 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 | 22 | ||
| 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) |
2010–2025 | France | 173 | (558) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 July 2024 | |||
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.[3]
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.[3]
Career
Mahé returned to Germany in 2009 and made his senior debut for DHC Rheinland, before enjoying stints in VfL Gummersbach and HSV Hamburg.[3]
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.[3] Here he played for 6 years, where he won the Hungarian Championship 3 times, reached the EHF Champions League final in 2019 and won the SEHA League 3 times.
In 2024 he returned to VfL Gummersbach.[4]
Achievements
National team
Domestic competitions
- Handball-Bundesliga:
Gold: 2018
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
- Magyar Kupa
- EHF Champions League
Silver: 2019
