Valentin Porte

Valentin Porte (born 7 September 1990) is a French handball player for Montpellier Handball.^[1][2]

Valentin Porte
Porte in 2016
Personal information
Born	(1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 34) 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)
Medal record Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2015 Qatar 2017 France 2023 Poland/Sweden 2019 Germany/Denmark European Championship 2014 Denmark 2024 Germany 2018 Croatia

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

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

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]