Antonin Igau

Antonin Igau

Antonin Igau in 2024
Personal information
Born	(2000-09-09) 9 September 2000 (age 24)
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Montrouge
Youth career
2008–2015	Magdunois
2015–2016	Mer
Senior career
Years	Team
2016–2018	Stade Français
2018–2021	Montrouge
2021–2022	Antwerp
2022–2023	Herakles
2023–present	Montrouge
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2021	France U21	11	(5)
2021–present	France	17	(2)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   France Junior World Cup 2021 Bhubaneswar

Antonin Igau (born 9 September 2000) ^[1] is a French field hockey player who plays as a forward for Montrouge and the French national team. ^[2]

Club career

Igau started playing hockey when he was eight years old at Magdunois Hockey Club, he played there for seven seasons until 2015. He then played one year for Mer Hockey Club. From 2016 until 2018 he played for Stade Français and afterwards three years for Montrouge. ^[3] After the 2021 European Championship he moved abroad to Royal Antwerp in the Belgian Hockey League. ^[4] At the end of the season Antwerp was relegated to the second division but he kept playing in the first division because on 30 March 2022 it was announced he joined Herakles for the 2022–23 season. ^[5] After two season in Belgium he returned to Montrouge in 2023. ^[6]

International career

Junior national team

Antonin Igau made his debut for the French U–21 team in 2019. He represented the side at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia. ^[7] He appeared in the team again in 2021, at the FIH Junior World Cup in Bhubaneswar. At the tournament he won a bronze medal. ^{[8] [7]}

Les Bleus

Two years after his junior debut, Igau made his first appearance for Les Bleus in a test match against Belgium in Antwerp. ^[7] Later that year he went on to represent the team at the EuroHockey Championships in Amsterdam. At the tournament, Igau was awarded the 'Volvo U–21 Talent of the Tournament'. ^[9] Igau was named in the French squad for the 2021–22 FIH Pro League. ^[7]

References

1. "Team Details – France". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
2. "Antonin IGAU". ffhockey.org (in French). Fédération Française de Hockey . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
3. "EURO HOCKEY A AMSTERDAM AVEC Antonin IGAU" (in French). 3 June 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
4. "Transferts : Igau et Rath à l'Antwerp". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 5 July 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
5. "Transfert : Igau à l'Herakles". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 30 March 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
6. "Quelques départs annoncés" (in French). 8 May 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
7. "IGAU Antonin". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 10 February 2021.
8. "FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup: France denies India the bronze medal". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
9. "The Netherlands lift the EuroHockey Championship Cup!". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation . Retrieved 10 February 2022.

External links

• Antonin Igau at the International Hockey Federation