Hugo Descat

{{short description|French handballer (born 1992)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Hugo Descat

| image = Créteil - Dunkerque - LNH 13.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Hugo Descat

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|8|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| nationality = French

| height = 1.82 m

| position = Left wing

| currentclub = ONE Veszprém

| clubnumber = 9

| years1 = 2011–2017

| clubs1 = US Créteil Handball

| years2 = 2017–2019

| clubs2 = Dinamo București

| years3 = 2019–2023

| clubs3 = Montpellier Handball

| years4 = 2023–

| clubs4 = ONE Veszprém

| nationalyears1 = 2013–

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 58

| nationalgoals1 = 244

| ntupdate = 5 July 2024

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Germany|}}

}}

Hugo Descat (born 16 August 1992) is a French handball player for ONE Veszprém and the French national team.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurohandball.com/wch/men/2017/player/549923/HugoDescat |title=Profile |publisher=European Handball Federation |accessdate=20 June 2017 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011135022/https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/s0xOeyLIETzOkrXtyRuFDg/hugo-descat// |url-status=dead }}

Descat was the second best scorer in the 2016–17 season of the Championnat de France, third in 2013, fourth in 2012 and fifth in 2015. He was also the second best scorer of the 2011 Youth World Championship.{{cite web |url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/competitiondata/fe1a9285-0a65-46d7-a3d1-2f8a613b8613/pdf/TOPSCORER.pdf |title=IV Men's Youth World Championship 2011 (Argentina) : Score Standings |publisher=International Handball Federation |accessdate=7 February 2020}}