Xavier Barachet

Xavier Barachet
Personal information
Full name	Xavier Barachet
Born	(1988-11-19) 19 November 1988 (age 36) Nice, France
Nationality	French
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
Number	14
Youth career
Years	Team
1997–2006	Cavigal Nice Sports HB
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2006–2012	Chambéry Savoie Handball
2012–2013	Atlético Madrid
2013–2014	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
2014–2017	Paris Saint-Germain
2017–2022	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2015	France	84	(162 [1] )
Medal record Representing   France Men's handball Olympic Games 2012 London Team World Championship 2009 Croatia Team 2011 Sweden Team 2015 Qatar Team European Championship 2010 Austria Team

Xavier Barachet (born 19 November 1988) is a French retired handball player, two-time World champion and European champion with the French national team.

On 1 January 2013, Barachet was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the Légion d'honneur. ^[2]

Career

Barachet started at Cavigal Nice Sports HB and joined Chambéry Savoie Handball in the Ligue Nationale de Handball in 2006. In 2012 he joined Spanish side Atlético Madrid. ^[3] Here he played for a single season, in which he won the Copa del Rey de Balonmano.

Xavier Barachet (r.) with the Olympic Goldmedal 2012

Due to financial troubles for the club, he returned to France a year later and signed for Paris Saint-Germain. For the 2013/14 he was loaned to league rivals Saint-Raphaël Var Handball. ^{[4] [5]}

Three years later he joined Saint-Raphaël Var Handball permanently. ^[6] He retired in 2022. ^[7]

Achievements

• Ligue Nationale de Handball :
  • Runner-up: 2008, 2009, 2011
• Coupe de France :
  • Finalist: 2009, 2011
• Liga ASOBAL :
  • Runner-up: 2012/13
• Copa del Rey :
  • Winner: 2012/13
• Copa ASOBAL :
  • Finalist: 2013
• Supercopa ASOBAL :
  • Finalist: 2012
• IHF Super Globe :
  • Winner: 2012
• World Championship :
  • Winner: 2009, 2011
• European Championship :
  • Winner: 2010

References

1. "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
2. Légion d'Honneur: Aschieri, Muffat et Agnel dans la promo du 1er janvier - nicematin.com
3. "Xavier Barachet: "Alle Titel in Spanien und Europa gewinnen"" (in German). handball-world.com. 23 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
4. "Nächster Atletico-Star mit neuem Verein: Barachet zurück nach Frankreich" (in German). handball-world.com. 26 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
5. "Xavier Barachet Profile". European Handball Federation . Retrieved 23 January 2012.
6. "St Raphael verpflichtet PSG-Linkshänder" (in German). handball-world.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
7. "Xavier Barachet mettra un terme à sa carrière à la fin de la saison" (in French). www.lequipe.fr. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

External links

• Profile at Chambéry Savoie HB official website ^{[ usurped ]}