Lille MHC

About Lille MHC

French champions Lille are playing in their fifth EHL season, looking to get the best of Swiss opposition once more having defeated Rotweiss Wettingen in a shoot-out in a 2022 ranking match.
This time, they meet Grasshopper Club with a number of changes from the side that succeeded in the spring.
The new players coming in are Jose Lafuente, Oscar Delacroix, Lucas Sellier (all from Wattignies), Igor Lockwood (from Douai) and Raimundo Valenzuela (from Almere).
On the flip side, Jules Bournac is now studying in England), Lautaro Castano has gone to Paris Jean Bouin, Arthur Golliot to Iris Lambersart) and former coach Carlos Castano has taken up a role with Klein Zwitserland.
In addition, one of French hockey’s big talents – Gaspard Denis – is carrying an injury while Olympic goalkeeper Arthur Thieffry is taking a step back for family reasons.
Crucial players are Viktor Lockwood, Matteo Desgouillons and Brieuc Delamazure who all played in Paris this summer and they are guiding rising stars such as Malo Martinache or Cesar Gellens.
Achille Verhaselt (only 17) is making his first steps in the senior panel while Lafuente is a strong talent between the posts.
Chilean player Raimundo Valenzuela was on the mark for the side in his debut match, linking up this season once again with the club’s new coach Jorge Dabanch whom he has worked with many times on the international stage.
The Spaniard brings a wealth of experience from around the world, notably being the head coach at HGC when they went on to win the EHL in 2011. He has also coached Antwerp in Belgium and UD Taburiente, Racing Santander and Real Club de Polo in Spain.

EHL History
2008/09 – ROUND1
2012/13 – ROUND1
2013/14 – ROUND1
2022/23 – 13th place

The team

THIEFFRY Arthur

Shirt number: 1
Date of Birth: 15/09/1989
Nationality: France

DESGOUILLONS Mattéo

Shirt number: 3
Date of Birth: 21/01/2000
Nationality: France

DELEMAZURE Brieuc

Shirt number: 4
Date of Birth: 02/04/2002
Nationality: France

FOURNIER Hugo

Shirt number: 5
Date of Birth: 15/04/1998
Nationality: France

HANNOIR Yanis

Shirt number: 6
Date of Birth: 20/07/2000
Nationality: France

COUSIN Adrien

Shirt number: 7
Date of Birth: 31/08/1993
Nationality: France

DELACROIX Oscar

Shirt number: 8
Date of Birth: 06/05/2007
Nationality: France

PIOT Paul

Shirt number: 9
Date of Birth: 08/10/2001
Nationality: France

LOCKWOOD Viktor

Shirt number: 10
Date of Birth: 29/03/1992
Nationality: France

HANNOIR Yvan

Shirt number: 11
Date of Birth: 29/10/2003
Nationality: France

DENIS Gaspard

Shirt number: 12
Date of Birth: 01/04/2005
Nationality: France

MARTINACHE Malo

Shirt number: 14
Date of Birth: 08/04/2007
Nationality: France

MESTDAGH Timothée

Shirt number: 15
Date of Birth: 30/10/2007
Nationality: France

GELLENS César

Shirt number: 16
Date of Birth: 04/06/2007
Nationality: France

VAN DE MEULEBROEKE Noé

Shirt number: 17
Date of Birth: 17/10/2017
Nationality: France

SELLIER Lucas

Shirt number: 18
Date of Birth: 24/03/2002
Nationality: France

DEWERDT Joseph

Shirt number: 19
Date of Birth: 12/09/2007
Nationality: France

VALENZUELA Raimundo

Shirt number: 20
Date of Birth: 10/05/2002
Nationality: Chile

LOCKWOOD Igor

Shirt number: 21
Date of Birth: 03/04/1995
Nationality: France

BONOMI Jéröme

Shirt number: 22
Date of Birth: 05/06/2000
Nationality: France

WENTWORTH Simon

Shirt number: 23
Date of Birth: 16/01/1991
Nationality: France

BONOMI Antoine

Shirt number: 24
Date of Birth: 05/06/2000
Nationality: France

FROMONT Baptiste

Shirt number: 25
Date of Birth: 06/12/2005
Nationality: France

HERBRETEAU Jules

Shirt number: 26
Date of Birth: 11/09/2007
Nationality: France

VERHASSELT Achille

Shirt number: 29
Date of Birth: 20/06/2008
Nationality: France

STEKELOROM Alexandre

Shirt number: 30
Date of Birth: 05/06/2006
Nationality: France

LAFUENTE José-Inaki

Shirt number: 31
Date of Birth: 13/05/2006
Nationality: France

WIMEZ Pierre-Louis

Shirt number: 33
Date of Birth: 06/04/2001
Nationality: France
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