Daniel Narcisse


Daniel Narcisse is a retired French handball player and French international from 2000 to 2017. He is a double Olympic champion, quadruple World champion and triple European champion, one of the most awarded French team handball players with nine international titles. He progresses to the position of half-center or rear left.
In 2012, with an exceptional year both in the French team and in the club, he was voted best handball player of the year 2012 by the International Handball Federation.

Career

Narcisse joined THW Kiel in 2009, replacing Nikola Karabatic, and has since 2013 played for Paris Handball.
Narcisse is a longtime player on the France national handball team, and won with it all major titles: world title, European title and Olympic gold medal. His main strength as a field player is his jumping ability, enabling him to score goals above interfering defense players. This ability earned him the nickname Air France.
Narcisse was voted into the All star team at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship, where France finished third. In 2012 he was named the IHF World Player of the Year.