Christian Gaudin (handballer)

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Christian Gaudin
Christian Gaudin entraineur de Saint-Raphael.png
Personal information
Born (1967-01-26) 26 January 1967 (age 58)
Chenôve, France
Nationality French
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Cesson Rennes MHB (manager)
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
–1987
Cercle Dijon BHB
1987–1994
USAM Nîmes
1994–1995
US Créteil
1995–1997
Istres OPH
1997–1999
VfL Hameln
1999–2003
SC Magdeburg
2003–2006
Saint-Raphaël VHB
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–2002
France 247 (0)
Teams managed
2006–2014
Saint-Raphaël VHB
2014
Romania
2014
HSV Hamburg
2015–2017
Sélestat
2017–2018
HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța
2018–2019
Cesson Rennes MHB
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Iceland Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 France Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Sweden Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 France Team

Christian Gaudin (born 26 January 1967) is a former French international handball player and current handball coach. He has served as the manager of the Romanian men's national team in 2014. [1] As a player he was part of the France team that won the 1995 World Championship; the first time France ever won a major international tournament.

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Career

At club level he won the French championship in 1998, 1990, 1991 and 1993 and the French Cup in 1994 with USAM Nîmes. He then joined US Créteil, followed by Istres OPH. In 1997 he joined German team VfL Hameln. In 1999 he moved to SC Magdeburg, where he won the 2001 EHF Cup and Bundesliga, the EHF Champions League in 2002 and the EHF Champions Trophy in 2001 and 2002.

In 2003 he returned to France for personal reasons and joined second tier side Saint-Raphaël Var Handball. [2]

National team

Gaudin played for the French national team from 1990 to 2002 and represented them at 5 European championship, 2 Olympics and 5 World Championships. In 1995 and 2001 he won World Championship gold medals.

Coaching career

After his retirement as a player he became a coach at Saint-Raphaël. He was with them until 2014. [3] From May 2014 he became the head coach of the Romanian men's national team. [1]

In July 2014 he became the head coach at HSV Hamburg, replacing Martin Schwalb. [4] In December 2014 he was fired from this position after losing 5 games in a row. He was replaced by his former assistant Jens Häusler. [5]

In February 2015 he instead became the head coach at French team Sélestat AHB. [6]

From July 2017 to October 2017 he was the head coach at Romanian team HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța. [7] [8]

In the summer of 2018 he was appointed head coach of Cesson Rennes MHB. [9] He left this position in November 2019. [10]

Private

His son Noah Gaudin is also a professional handballer for Skjern Håndbold. [11] On the French national team and at USAM Nimes he played together with his brother-in-law, Gilles Derot, from 1987 to 1994. [12]


Player achievements

Coaching achievements

References

  1. 1 2 "Gaudin nouveau sélectionneur" (in French). L'Équipe. 14 May 2014.
  2. "SC Magdeburg verliert Torhüter Christian Gaudin" (in German). netzeitung.de. 27 May 2003. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  3. "Da Silva entraînera Saint-Raphaël" (in French). lequipe.fr. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. "HSV bestätigt Gaudin-Verpflichtung und Vertragsverlängerung" (in German). handball-world.com. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  5. "Christian Gaudin mit sofortiger Wirkung freigestellt" (in German). handball-world.com. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  6. "Christian Gaudin nouvel entraineur des violets" (in French). Sélestat AHB. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  7. "Antrenor francez la HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța" (in Romanian). radioconstanta.ro. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  8. "Christian Gaudin in Rumänien entlassen" (in German). handball-world.news. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  9. "LSL: Christian Gaudin rebondit à Constanta" (in French). handzone.net. 2 June 2017.
  10. "Cesson-Rennes bindet Aufstiegstrainer" (in German). handball-world.news. 17 May 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  11. "Gaudin mit neuem Klub in Dänemark" (in German). handball-world.news. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  12. "Théo Derot a déjà transformé l'essai" (in French). ouest-france.fr. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2023.