Mattéo Desgouillons
{{Short description|French field hockey player (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Mattéo Desgouillons
| image =
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| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|01|21}}
| birth_place =
| height = 184cm
| weight = 84kg
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Lille
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Lille
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Girondins de Bordeaux
| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2018
| clubs1 = Girondins de Bordeaux
| years2 = 2018–2021
| clubs2 = Montrouge
| years3 = 2021–2023
| clubs3 = Gantoise
| years4 = 2023–present
| clubs4 = Lille
| nationalyears1 = 2019–2021
| nationalteam1 = France U21
| nationalcaps1 = 11
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 2021–present
| nationalteam2 = France
| nationalcaps2 = 38
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}}
{{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Cup}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Bhubaneswar|}}
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Mattéo Desgouillons (born 21 January 2000){{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1063/reports/teams |title=Team Details – France |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=10 February 2022}} is a French field hockey player who plays as a defender for Lille MHC and the French national team.{{cite web |url=https://www.ffhockey.org/edf-masculine-a/129-matteo-desgouillons.html |title=Mattéo DESGOUILLONS |publisher=Fédération Française de Hockey |website=ffhockey.org |language=French |accessdate=10 February 2022}}
Club career
Desgouillons started playing hockey at Lille and then played for Girondins de Bordeaux and Montrouge. He moved to La Gantoise in the Men's Belgian Hockey League in the summer of 2021.{{cite web |title=Transfert : encore un Français qui arrive |url=https://okey.lalibre.be/transfert-encore-un-francais-qui-arrive/ |website=okey.lalibre.be |access-date=10 February 2022 |language=fr |date=4 June 2021}} In the 2022–23 season, he won the Belgian title after they defeated the Waterloo Ducks in the final.{{cite news |title=Gantoise slaat na succes bij vrouwen dubbelslag: Gentse mannen pakken na 102 jaar titel in hockey |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20230521_95856639 |newspaper=Het Nieuwsblad |access-date=9 August 2023 |language=nl |date=21 May 2023}} After the championship he returned to the club where he started playing hockey: Lille.{{cite web |title=Lille se renforce |url=https://okey.lalibre.be/lille-se-renforce/ |website=okey.lalibre.be |language=fr |date=30 June 2023}}
International career
=Junior national team=
Mattéo Desgouillons made his debut for the French U–21 team in 2019 at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia.{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/23591 |title=DESGOUILLONS Mattéo |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=10 February 2022}}
In 2021 he won a bronze medal with the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in Bhubaneswar.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/hockey-men-junior-world-cup-2021-india-vs-france-bronze-medal-score-result |title=FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup: France denies India the bronze medal |publisher=International Olympic Committee |website=olympics.com |accessdate=10 February 2022}}
=Les Bleus=
Desgouillons made his debut for Les Bleus in 2021 during a test match against Belgium in Antwerp. He went on to compete at the EuroHockey Championships in Amsterdam later that year.{{cite web |url=https://rabo-eurohockeychampionships2021.com/team/france-2/ |title=France |publisher=Rabo EuroHockey Championships |website=rabo-eurohockeychampionships2021.com |accessdate=10 February 2022}} He was also named in the French squad for the season three of the FIH Pro League.
References
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External links
- {{International Hockey Federation|23591}}
- {{Olympics.com|matteo-desgouillons}}
- {{Team France|matteo-desgouillons}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/matteo-desgouillons_1895379 Mattéo Desgouillons] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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{{France FH Squad 2021 EuroHockey}}
{{France FH Squad 2023 World Cup}}
{{France FH Squad 2023 EuroHockey}}
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Category:French male field hockey players
Category:Male field hockey defenders
Category:Men's Belgian Hockey League players
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:La Gantoise HC players
Category:French expatriate field hockey players
Category:2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
Category:Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic field hockey players for France
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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