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.

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 (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. He retired in 2022 at the age of 40.

Coaching career In September 2024, he became the coach for the French Junior national team.

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.