Mariama Signaté

Mariama Camara Signaté (born 22 July 1985 in Dakar, Senegal)[1] is a French handball player. Her playing position is left back.

Mariama Signaté
Nov. 18, 2017
Personal information
Full name Mariama Camara Signaté[1]
Born (1985-07-22) 22 July 1985
Dakar, Senegal
Nationality French
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Left back
Number 24
Youth career
Years Team
1990–2003
 Toulon St-Cyr Var HB
Senior clubs
Years Team
2003–2005
 HAC Handball
2005–2008
 Fleury Loiret HB
2008–2010
 HBC Nîmes
2010–2011
 Aalborg DH
2011–2014
 Issy-Paris Hand
2014–2018
 Érdi VSE
2018–2019
 Chambray Touraine HB
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–
 France 147[2] (406)
Medal record
Representing  France
World Championship
2009 China Team
2011 Brazil Team
Mediterranean Games
2009 ItalyTeam

Career

Club

Signaté's former clubs include Toulon, where she played from 1990 to 2003, Le Havre, of which she was part from 2003 to 2005, and Fleury les Aubrais (2005–2008).[3]

In 2008, she switched to HBC Nîmes with that she reached the final of the French League Cup in her first season. A year later won the 2008–2009 edition of the EHF Challenge Cup ahead of German club Thüringer HC. In the summer 2010 she transferred to Danish side Aalborg DH,[4] just to return to France a year later, joining Issy-Paris Hand.[5] During her time in Issy-Paris, Signaté reached the finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup and the EHF Challenge Cup, falling short in both occasions to Hypo Niederösterreich (2013) and H 65 Höör (2014), respectively.

After three season in Issy-Paris, Signate decided to join Hungarian top division side Érd. She claimed that one of the main reasons in her decision to move to Érd was the figure of Edina Szabó – head coach of Érd and technical director of the French national team – with whom she has been working successfully since a long time. Szabó handled the stewardship of the French national team.[6] In September 2018 she had to leave, because of an argument with her coach. Both sides stated different stories. Signaté claimed, that Szabó started to be very harsh on her when she realized that the club was facing serious financial difficulties. She kept stating how expensive she was for the club and prevented her from getting medical cares when she got injured. Signaté claimed to be harassed by the staff who didn't let her get medical cares, train with the team, enter the hall and have any contact with her teammates. Instead they made her train with the under 15 youth team. Signaté claimed that the club asked her to leave during a meeting with the new club manager Anna Boldog and the two coaches Edina Szabó and Mariann Rácz. In the other side the club stated Signaté was the one who wanted to leave. Signaté resign in September 13th on the bad advice of her former lawyer Kristóf Wenczel. [7] After her resignation, the club of Érd tried to block her international transfert during months but thanks to the help of the French Federation, Signaté could sign a contract with Chambray Touraine HB and she spent the rest of the season there before retiring. One year later the club of Érd had to fire the staff and all their professional players because of their financial issues.

International

Signaté made her debut in the French national team in October 2004, in a match in Germany against the Norwegian team. In December 2004 she participated at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship in Hungary, where the French team placed 11th. In 2004, she also achieved a 4th place representing France at the European Junior Championship in the Czech Republic. In 2005, she participated at the Mediterranean Games in Almería, placing 4th with the French team. She participated at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship in France, where France finished 5th.[3] She represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, where France finished 5th.[1] In 2009, she won a gold medal at the Mediterranean Games in Italy.[3] She participated at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China, where the French team won the silver medal behind Russia,[3] and Signate was selected into the All-Star team as the best left back of the tournament.[8]

Honors

Awards
  • All-Star Left Back of the World Championship: 2009

References
  1. "Mariama Signate Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  2. "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, France" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. "Equipe de France Feminine. 24 – Signate Mariama – Arrière gauche (droitière)" (in French). French Handball Federation. Archived from the original on January 30, 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  4. http://www.hbold.dk/index.php?id_parent=1&id=79&id_nyhed=8778
  5. "Mariama Signate rejoint Issy" (in French). Femmes de Défis. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  6. "Bemutatkoztak az újoncok". Érd Handball (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  7. "Kiutálták a légióst az NB I-es kézicsapatból" (in Hungarian). 24.hu. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  8. "All star team awarded – Postnova most valuable player". International Handball Federation. 20 December 2009. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
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