Stéphane Antiga

Stéphane Antiga (born 3 February 1976) is French professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the France national team from 1998 to 2010, and a participant in the Olympic Games Athens 2004. He is the current head coach of DevelopRes Rzeszów.

Stéphane Antiga
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1976-02-03) 3 February 1976
Suresnes, France
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Coaching information
Current teamDevelopRes Rzeszów
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2014–2016
2017–2018
2017–2019
2019–
Poland
Canada
Onico Warsaw
DevelopRes Rzeszów
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
1994–1998
1998–2003
2003–2004
2004–2007
2007–2011
2011–2013
2013–2014
Paris UC
Paris Volley
Noicom Brebanca Cuneo
CV Pòrtol
Skra Bełchatów
Delecta Bydgoszcz
Skra Bełchatów
National team
1998–2010 France (306)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  France
FIVB World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2002 Argentina
FIVB World League
Silver medal – second place2006 Moscow
CEV European Championship
Silver medal – second place2003 Germany
Silver medal – second place2009 Turkey
Head coach  Poland
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place2014 Poland
FIVB World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2015 Japan
Head coach  Canada
FIVB World League
Bronze medal – third place2017 Curitiba

Personal life

Antiga was born in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He has a wife Stephanie.[1] They have two children - a son Timote and a daughter Manoline.

Antiga as a coach during the 2014 World Championship held in Poland.

Career as player

Club

In his career he has played for the teams of Paris UC (France), Paris Volley, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo, Portol Palma de Mallorca, Skra Bełchatów and Delecta Bydgoszcz. In April 2013, he signed a contract to return to PGE Skra Bełchatów. After winning gold medal of 2014 Polish Championship with club from Bełchatów he ended his career as a player.

National team

He is silver medalist of European Championship from Germany 2003 and Turkey 2009, bronze medalist of World Championship 2002. Antiga played 306 games with the French national team and was previously captain of the team.

Career as coach

On 24 October 2013 it was announced that Antiga had been appointed as the new head coach of the Poland men's national volleyball team in a three-year contract, replacing Andrea Anastasi.[2] His deputy will be Philippe Blain. Antiga was a player of PGE Skra Bełchatów until the end of the 2013/2014 season. On 21 September 2014 he won his first medal as a coach – Poland won a title of World Champion 2014.[3][4][5] On 27 October 2014 he received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław KomorowskiKnight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for outstanding contribution to the development of Polish sport, for achievements in training.[6] On 10 December 2014 Antiga and Blain were honored by the Ambassador of France in Poland medals Officers Ordre du Mérite sportif.[7] Historic result at World Championship brought the team their next title of the Best Team of 2014 in 80th Plebiscyt Przeglądu Sportowego 2014 in Poland.[8] Head coach Antiga was awarded a title of the Coach of the year 2014 ex-aequo with Łukasz Kruczek.[9] In 2017 Antiga was named a new head coach of Canada men's national volleyball team[10] In 2017 he also was named a new head coach of Polish club ONICO Warszawa.

Honours

As a player

  • Domestic
    • 1995–96 French Championship, with Paris UC
    • 1996–97 French Cup, with Paris UC
    • 1996–97 French Championship, with Paris UC
    • 1997–98 French Championship, with Paris UC
    • 1998–99 French Cup, with Paris Volley
    • 1999–2000 French Cup, with Paris Volley
    • 1999–2000 French Championship, with Paris Volley
    • 2000–01 French Cup, with Paris Volley
    • 2000–01 French Championship, with Paris Volley
    • 2001–02 French Championship, with Paris Volley
    • 2002–03 French Championship, with Paris Volley
    • 2004–05 Spanish SuperCup, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
    • 2004–05 Spanish Cup, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
    • 2005–06 Spanish Cup, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
    • 2005–06 Spanish Championship, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
    • 2006–07 Spanish Championship, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
    • 2007–08 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
    • 2008–09 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
    • 2008–09 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
    • 2009–10 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
    • 2010–11 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
    • 2010–11 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
    • 2013–14 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów

As a coach

  • Domestic

Individual awards

State awards

References

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