Cédric Sorhaindo

Cédric Sorhaindo
Personal information
Born (1984-06-07) 7 June 1984
La Trinité, Martinique
Nationality French
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Beşiktaş
Number 91
Senior clubs
Years Team
1999–2001
La Gauloise de Trinité
2001–2004
Angers HBC
2004–2009
Paris Saint-Germain
2010
Fenix Toulouse
2010–2021
FC Barcelona
2021–2023
Dinamo București
2024–
Beşiktaş
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2020
France 220 (425)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 London Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
2009 Croatia
2011 Sweden
2015 Qatar
2017 France
2019 Germany/Denmark
European Championship
2010 Austria
2014 Denmark
2018 Croatia

Cédric Sorhaindo (born 7 June 1984) is a French handball player for Beşiktaş and previously the French national team, which he captained.[1][2][3]

On 30 April 2023 he was included in the French handball hall of fame.[4]

Club career

From 1999 to 2001 he played for La Gauloise de Trinité in Martinique. He then joined Angers Noyant. In 2004 he joined Paris HB. Here he played in the EHF Champions League in 2006, the EHF Cup in 2005 and 2007, and the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2008 and 2009. He then joined Toulouse Handball in 2010.

In 2010 Sorhaindo joined FC Barcelona, where he won 3 EHF Champions League titles (2011, 2015 and 2021) and 11 Liga ASOBAL titles, as well as the Supercopa ASOBAL and Copa del Rey de Balonmano. In 2021 he joined Dinamo București.[5] Here he won the 2022 and 2023 Romanian championship and the 2022 Romanian Cup. In February 2024 he joined Turkish side Beşiktaş.[6]

National team

Sorhaindo debuted for the French National Team on 26 October 2005 against Spain.[7]

He won with the France national team gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia and the 2015 World Handball Championships in Qatar.[8][9][10] He also won two European championships in 2010 and 2014.[11]

At the 2016 Olympics he won silver medals, losing to Denmark in the final. At this occasion he was part of the tournament all-star team.[12]

In 2017 he was named captain of the French national team, succeeding Thierry Omeyer.[3] In February 2020 he announced his retirement from the national team, having played 220 games and scored 425 goals.[2]

References

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ a b "Cédric Sorhaindo : «J'avais décidé d'arrêter» l'équipe de France" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "France - EHF EURO". cro2018.ehf-euro.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Cédric Sorhaindo, Michaël Guigou et Luc Abalo intronisés parmi les légendes des Bleus" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Kreisläufer Cedric Sorhaindo verlässt FC Barcelona" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Cedric Sorhaindo Beşiktaş Safi Çimento'da" (in Turkish). bjk.com.tr. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Cédric Sorhaindo : «J'avais décidé d'arrêter» l'équipe de France" (in French). L'Équipe. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  8. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  9. ^ "XXI Men's World Championship 2009, Croatia. Team Roster – France" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  10. ^ "Cédric Sorhaindo Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  11. ^ "EHF EURO 2010 Official Squads" (PDF). cms.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  12. ^ "All-Star Team mit deutscher Beteiligung: Mikkel Hansen als MVP geehrt" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.