William Accambray

William Gérald Accambray (born 8 April 1988) is a French handball player who plays for Saran Loiret Handball and for the French national team.

William Accambray
Personal information
Born	(1988-04-08) 8 April 1988 (age 37) Cannes, France
Nationality	French
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Saran Loiret Handball
Number	18
Youth career
Years	Team
2002	ASPTT Grasse
2002–2003	HBMMS
2003–2005	Mandelieu
2005–2008	Montpellier HB
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2008–2014	Montpellier HB
2014–2017	Paris Saint-Germain
2017–2019	Telekom Veszprém
2018–2019	→ RK Celje (loan)
2019–2020	HC Meshkov Brest
2020–2023	Pays d'Aix UC
2023–	Saran Loiret Handball
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–	France	105	(223)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Team World Championship 2011 Sweden 2015 Qatar 2017 France European Championship 2010 Austria 2014 Denmark Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara Team
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 17 August 2023

With the French national team, he is a three time world champion, in 2011,^[1][2] 2015 and 2017.

He is the son of hammer thrower Jacques Accambray and Isabelle Accambray.^[3]

Career

Accambray started playing handball at the age of 6 at ASPTT Grasse. At 14 he joined Handball Mougins Mouans-Sartoux. A year later he joined Mandelieu HB. His professional career started at HB Mougins Mouans-Sartoux Mandelieu in the French second tier.

In 2008 he joined top flight team Montpellier HB. In the 2010-11 season he was named the best player in the Division 1.^[4] In the 2011-12 season he extended his contract with Montpellier until 2016.^[5]

In 2014 he joined league rivals Paris Saint-Germain together with Thierry Omeyer.^[6]

In 2017 he joined Hungarian KC Veszprém.^[7]

From October 2018 until the end of the 2018-19 season he was loaned to Slovenian RK Celje.^[8] Afterwards he joined Belarussian team HC Meshkov Brest.^[9] After a year in Belarus he returned to France to join Pays d'Aix UC.^[10]

In 2023 he joined Saran Loiret Handball.^[11]

National team

Accambray debuted for the French national team on 19 May 2009 against Portugal.

His first medal for France was at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara.^[12] A year later he won the 2010 European Championship in Austria. In 2011 he won the 2011 World Championship beating Denmark in the final.

At the 2012 Olympics he won gold medals with the French team.

In 2014 he won the European Championship for a second time, and in 2015 he won the World Championship for a second time. His third world championship came in 2017.

Achievements

• Olympic Games:
  • Winner: 2012
• World Championship:
  • Winner: 2011, 2015, 2014
• European Championship:
  • Winner: 2010, 2014
• LNH Division 1:
  • Winner: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
• Coupe de France:
  • Winner: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
• Belarussian championship:
  • Winner: 2020