Sadou Ntanzi (born 7 January 2000) is a French professional

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 ...

player for MOL Tatabánya KC.

Career

Club

As a child Sadou Ntanzit also practiced Judo, but eventually chose handball. He started his career at Savigny HB. He joined

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...

in 2017, where he first played for the reserves in the third division. On April 4, 2019, he played his first match with

's professional team in the

LNH Division 1 LNH Division 1, doing business as Starligue and currently known as Liqui Moly Starligue for sponsorship reasons, is the premier men's professional handball league in France. It is administered by the Ligue Nationale de Handball, under delegatio ...

against

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, then on October 13, 2019. He participated in his first

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

match against

RK Celje Rokometni klub Celje () or simply RK Celje, currently named Celje Pivovarna Laško () due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional handball club from Celje, Slovenia. They were the winners of the Champions League in the 2003–04 season, beco ...

, where he scored 2 goals. In the summer of 2020, he extended his contract with

until 2024. In November 2020,

Luc Steins Luc Steins (born 22 March 1995) is a Dutch professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Dutch national team. He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 and 2022 European Men's Handball Championship. He was in the all-star team o ...

was loaned by

from Fenix Toulouse, in return Ntanzi was loaned to the Fenix Toulouse team until the end of the season. He made his

EHF European League The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

debut here on November 24, 2020, against

CB Ademar León Abanca Ademar León is a Spanish handball team based in León, Spain. It plays in Liga ASOBAL. History Founded in 1956, Ademar León is the handball team of the city of León. Until 1975 it played in the provincial categories when not existi ...

, scoring 3 goals. He scored 13 goals in a total of 5 matches in the

. After the loan, he returned to

, but did not get a continuous opportunity to play alongside

Nikola Karabatic Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulg ...

and

. In January 2024, it was announced that he would transfer to the number three Hungarian club, MOL Tatabánya KC, from the summer.

National team

In 2018, he finished 7th with the French U18 national team at the Youth European Championship, but was still selected for the tournament's all-star team.

Honours

Club

;Paris Saint-Germain *

** : 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 *

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 ...

** : 2022 ** : 2024 *

Trophée des Champions The Trophée des Champions (, ) is a French association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Ligue 1 and the winners of the Coupe de France. It is equivalent to the Super cup, super cups found in many other count ...

** : 2023 ** : 2022 ;MOL Tatabánya KC *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

**: 2025

Individual

* All-Star Centre Back of the Youth European Championship: 2018

References

External links

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Handball Base
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ntanzi, Sadou 2000 births Living people French male handball players Tatabánya KC players French expatriate handball players in Hungary Sportspeople from Longjumeau Paris Saint-Germain Handball players 21st-century French sportsmen