Sadou Ntanzi

French handball player (born 2000)

Sadou Ntanzi
Personal information
Born	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24) Longjumeau, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Central Back
Club information
Current club	MOL Tatabánya KC
Youth career
Years	Team
2008–2017	Savigny HB
2017–2020	Paris Saint-Germain
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2020–2024	Paris Saint-Germain
2020–2021	→ Fenix Toulouse (loan)
2024–	MOL Tatabánya KC
National team
Years	Team
2018–2020	France junior

Sadou Ntanzi (born 7 January 2000) is a French professional handball player for MOL Tatabánya KC.

Career

Club

After a year of judo, Sadou Ntanzit chose handball.^[1] Started his career at Savigny HB. He joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2017, where he first played for the reserves in the third division. On April 4, 2019, he played his first match with Paris Saint-Germain's professional team in the LNH Division 1 against US Ivry Handball, then on October 13, 2019, he participated in his first EHF Champions League match against RK Celje, where he scored 2 goals. In the summer of 2020, he extended his contract with Paris Saint-Germain until 2024. In November 2020, Luc Steins was loaned by Paris Saint-Germain from Fenix Toulouse, in return Ntanzi was loaned to the Fenix Toulouse team until the end of the season.^[2] He made his EHF European League debut here on November 24, 2020, against CB Ademar León, scoring 3 goals.^[3] He scored 13 goals in a total of 5 matches in the EHF European League. After the loan, he returned to Paris Saint-Germain, but did not get a continuous opportunity to play alongside Nikola Karabatic and Luc Steins. In January 2024, it was announced that he would transfer to the number three Hungarian club, MOL Tatabánya KC, from the summer.^[4]

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.^[5]

Honours

Club

Paris Saint-Germain

LNH Division 1
- Gold: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Coupe de France
- Gold: 2022
- Silver: 2024
Trophée des Champions
- Gold: 2023
- Silver: 2022

Individual

All-Star Centre Back of the Youth European Championship: 2018^[6]

References

^ "Heure de Gloire avec Sadou Ntanzi". Handball (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-07.
^ à 20h56, Par Stéphane Bianchi Le 21 novembre 2020 (2020-11-21). "Handball : chassé-croisé entre le PSG et Toulouse". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Fenix Toulouse Handball : Sadou Ntanzi, défenseur à la pointe". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-07.
^ https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/2024/01/ferfi-kezi-a-psg-tol-igazolt-iranyitot-a-tatabanya
^ "Gold for Sweden after superb second half". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
^ "Gold for Sweden after superb second half". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2024-04-07.