Allison Pineau

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Allison Pineau

| fullname = Allison Marie Pineau

| image = Allison Pineau 20170519.jpg

| caption = Pineau in 2017

| nationality = French

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|5|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chartres, France

| height = 1.81 m

| position = Centre back

| currentclub = Metz Handball

| clubnumber = 7

| youthyears1 = 2001–2003

| youthclubs1 = CM Aubervilliers

| youthyears2 = 2003–2006

| youthclubs2 = Villemomble

| years1 = 2006–2009

| clubs1 = Issy-les-Moulineaux

| years2 = 2009–2012

| clubs2 = Metz Handball

| years3 = 2012–2013

| clubs3 = Oltchim Vâlcea

| years4 = 2013–2014

| clubs4 = ŽRK Vardar

| years5 = 2014–2015

| clubs5 = RK Krim

| years6 = 2015

| clubs6 = HBC Nîmes

| years7 = 2015–2016

| clubs7 = HCM Baia Mare

| years8 = 2016–2019

| clubs8 = Brest Bretagne Handball

| years9 = 2019–2020

| clubs9 = Paris 92

| years10 = 2020–2021

| clubs10 = ŽRK Budućnost

| years11 = 2021–2024

| clubs11 = RK Krim

| years12 = 2024–2025

| clubs12 = Metz Handball

| nationalyears1 = 2007–2021

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 273

| nationalgoals1 = 696

| medaltemplates =

}}

Allison Marie Pineau (born 2 May 1989) is a French handballer for Metz Handball and the French national team.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/524909|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141025214558/http://www.eurohandball.com/player/524909|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 25, 2014|title=Allison Pineau|publisher=Euro Handball|access-date=8 June 2012}}{{Cite web |url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18W/PDF_ROSTER_FRA.PDF |title=2018 European Women's Handball Championship roster |access-date=2018-11-30 |archive-date=2019-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430080925/https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18W/PDF_ROSTER_FRA.PDF |url-status=dead }} She won gold medal at the 2017 World Championship, 2018 European Championship and 2020 Olympic Games.

She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.ihf.info/TheGame/WorldHandballAwards/PlayeroftheYearWomen2009/tabid/100/Default.aspx|title=Player of the Year – Women 2009|work=IHF|access-date=7 December 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101205014334/http://ihf.info/TheGame/WorldHandballAwards/PlayeroftheYearWomen2009/tabid/100/Default.aspx| archive-date= 5 December 2010 | url-status= dead}} by the International Handball Federation.{{cite web|url=http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/FRA-R.pdf|title=2014 European Championship Roster|website=handball.sportresult.com|publisher=EHF|access-date=7 December 2014|archive-date=6 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106052325/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/FRA-R.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Career

In March 2012, Pineau agreed with Romanian CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea and joined the club on 1 July 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.cs-oltchim.com/pagini/618/SECRETELE-INCEP-SA-SE-RISIPEASCA.html|title=Secretele incep sa se risipeasca|date=7 March 2012|publisher=CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea official website|access-date=7 March 2012|language=ro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407024114/http://www.cs-oltchim.com/pagini/618/SECRETELE-INCEP-SA-SE-RISIPEASCA.html|archive-date=7 April 2012|url-status=usurped}}

Between 2013 and 2015, she played for ŽRK Vardar and RK Krim. With ŽRK Vardar, she again reached the semifinals of the Champions League in the 2013–14 season claiming the bronze medal after beating FC Midtjylland 34–31.

In the summer of 2015, she returned to Romania after the three months at Nîmes in France.{{cite web|url=http://handnews.fr/2015/lfh-nimes-allison-pineau-avec-le-hbc-nimes/|title=ALLISON PINEAU AVEC LE HBC NÎMES|date=11 March 2015|publisher=handnews.fr|language=fr}} In 2017 she signed a contract with French team Brest Bretagne HB.