Rémi Desbonnet (born 28 February 1992) is a French

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

er for

Montpellier Handball Montpellier Handball, formerly named Montpellier Agglomération Handball, is a professional handball club from Montpellier, France. Montpellier is the only French club to ever have won the EHF Champions League. History The team was founded as ...

and the French national team.

Career

Desbonnet started playing handball at his hometown club

. His senior debut came in 2012 where he was the back-up goalkeeper to Mickaël Robin. In this season he won the

French Cup The Coupe de France (), also known in English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is ...

and finished 3rd in the league. When

Thierry Omeyer Thierry Omeyer (born 2 November 1976) is a retired French handball goalkeeper. A member of the French national team since 1999, he has won all major titles with the team: world champion (five times), European champion (three times) and Olympic ...

joined the club in 2013, Desbonnet was pushed back in the pecking order, and therefore he joined USAM Nîmes Gard. In the 2017/2018 season he reached the final of the French cup with the club. In 2022 he returned to his boyhood club on a two year deal.

National team

He debuted for the French national on 2 May 2021 against Greece. At the 2025 World Championship he won bronze medals with France, losing to Croatia in the semifinal and beating Portugal in the third place playoff.

Honours

Coupe de France The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...

**''Winner:'' 2013

References

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Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

* * 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Montpellier French male handball players Montpellier Handball players Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for France USAM Nîmes Gard players 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-handball-bio-stub