Michaël Guigou
Michaël Guigou is a French former handball player and current coach. As a player he played the French national team.
He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.
Regular member of the France national team, he was on the team that won the gold medal at three Olympics, four World championships and three European championships. During the final at the 2009 world championship, he was the highest scorer in one match with 10 goals 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. He retired in 2022.
Coaching career
In September 2024, he became the coach for the French Youth national team.Achievements
Club
- EHF Champions League:
- * Winner in 2003, 2018
- EHF Cup:
- * Runners up in 2014
- French league : 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- French Cup : 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016
- French League Cup : 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