Michaël Guigou

Michaël Guigou (born 28 January 1982) is a French former handball player and current coach. As a player he played the French national team.^[1][2][3]

Michaël Guigou
Guigou in 2010
Personal information
Born	(1982-01-28) 28 January 1982 (age 43) Apt, France
Nationality	French
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left wing
Youth career
Years	Team
1988-1998	Apt
1998-1999	Avignon
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1999–2019	Montpellier Handball
2019–2022	USAM Nîmes Gard
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2021	France	307	(1021)
Teams managed
2024-	France Youth
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team 2020 Tokyo Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2009 Croatia 2011 Sweden 2015 Qatar 2017 France 2005 Tunisia 2019 Germany/Denmark European Championship 2006 Switzerland 2010 Austria 2014 Denmark 2018 Croatia

He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.^[4]

Regular member of the France national team, he was on the team that won the gold medal at three Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2020), four World championships (2009, 2011, 2015, and 2017) and three European championships (2006, 2010, and 2014). During the final at the 2009 world championship, he was the highest scorer in one match with 10 goals (including 7 penalties out of 7) and finished as highest scorer of the French team with 52 goals.

Club career

He joined Montpellier Handball 1999 as his first professional club, after playing youth handball at Apt and Avignon. With Montpellier he won the French championship 10 times, the French Cup 7 times and the EHF Champions League twice. In 2019, after 20 years in Montpellier Handball, he joined USAM Nîmes Gard.^[5] He retired in 2022.^{[citation needed]}

Coaching career

In September 2024, he became the coach for the French Youth national team.^[6]

Achievements

Club

• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner in 2003, 2018
• EHF Cup:
  • Runners up in 2014
• French league (10): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
• French Cup (11): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016
• French League Cup (10): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016
• French Supercup: 2010, 2011, 2018

International

• Olympics
  • Gold: 2008, 2012, 2020
  • Silver: 2016
• World championship
  • Gold: 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017
  • Bronze: 2005, 2019
• European championship
  • Gold: 2006, 2010, 2014
  • Bronze: 2018

Individual

• All-Star Left wing of the World Championship: 2009
• Best player of French league (11): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018
• EHF Hall of Fame in 2023.^[4]

See also

• List of handballers with 1000 or more international goals