Patrick Cazal

Patrick Cazal
Personal information
Born	(1971-04-06) 6 April 1971 (age 53) Saint-Joseph, Réunion, France
Nationality	French
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Right back
Youth career
Team
–	Château-Morange
1989-1990	Paris-Asnières
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1990-1994	Paris-Asnières
1994-1999	Montpellier Handball
1999-2002	Bidasoa Irún
2002-2005	TUSEM Essen
2005-2008	Dunkerque HGL
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2004	France	171	(482)
Teams managed
2011–2022	Dunkerque HGL
2022–2024	Tunisia
Medal record Representing   France World Championships 1995 Iceland Team 2001 France Team 1997 Japan Team 2003 Portugal Team

Patrick Cazal (born 1971) is a French team handball coach and former player. As a player he was part of the French team, that won the 1995 World Championship; the first time ever France won a major international tournament. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where the French team placed 6th. ^[1] Since retiring from competitions in 2008 he worked as a handball coach, with Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral (2011–2022).

Career

Cazal started playing handball at Château-Morange on Réunion, before joining Paris-Asnières in 1989. He broke through on the first team in 1990. ^[2] He later joined Montpellier Handball where he won the 1995, 1998 and 1999 French Championship and the 1999 French Cup. ^[3]

He debuted for the French national team on November 2nd, 1994 against Switzerland. ^[3]

In 1999 he joined Spanish Bidasoa Irún in the top league, Liga ASOBAL. In 2002 he joined German Bundesliga team TUSEM Essen. Here he won the 2005 EHF Cup. In 2005 he returned to France and joined Dunkerque HGL. He retired in 2008, and became the assistant coach at Dunkerque.

Coaching Career

After three years as the assistant, in 2011 he overtook the head coach position at the club. ^[4] He coached the club for 11 years until 2022.

Between September 2022 and April 2024 he was the head coach of the Tunisia men's national team. ^{[5] [6]}

Titles

Club

• French Championship
  • Winner: 1995, 1998, 1999
• French Cup
  • Winner: 1999
  • Finalist: 1998
• EHF Cup
  • Winner: 2005

Individual awards

• French Championship Best Coach: 2013, 2014

References

1. "Patrick Cazal". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
2. "Paris-Asnières : Chronique d'un retour annoncé". Hand-ball : bulletin fédéral n°262 (in French). Fédération française de handball. August 1990. p. 12-13. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
3. "Patrick Cazal". Hand action (50 ed.). July 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
4. "Dunkerque ne reconduit pas son entraîneur Patrick Cazal, après 11 saisons passées au club" (in French). L’Equipe. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
5. "Patrick Cazal devient sélectionneur de la Tunisie" (in French). L’Equipe. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
6. "Ex-HBL-Profi in Tunesien entlassen" (in German). handball-world.news. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

External links

• Patrick Cazal at the European Handball Federation
• Patrick Cazal at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)
• Patrick Cazal at Olympedia