Sadou Ntanzi

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	Paris Saint-Germain
Number	7
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

Sadou Ntanzi (born 7 January 2000) is a French professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain.

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]