Stéphane Antiga

{{Short description|French volleyball player and coach (born 1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox volleyball biography | name = Stéphane Antiga | image = Stephane Antiga - FIVB World Championship European Qualification Women Łódź January 2014.jpg | image_size = | caption = | full_name = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|2|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Suresnes, France | hometown = | height = 2.00 m | nationalteam = {{vb|FRA}} (306) | nationalyears = 1998–2010 | currentcoachteam = LUK Lublin | coachyears = 2014–2016 2017–2018 2017–2019 2019–2024 2024 2025 2025– | coachteams = Poland Canada Onico Warsaw Developres Rzeszów Pallavolo Scandicci Developres Rzeszów LUK Lublin | college = | position = Outside hitter | years = 1994–1998 1998–2003 2003–2004 2004–2007 2007–2011 2011–2013 2013–2014 | clubs = Paris UC Paris Volley Noicom Brebanca Cuneo CV Pòrtol Skra Bełchatów Delecta Bydgoszcz Skra Bełchatów | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport| Men's volleyball }} {{MedalCountry| {{FRA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Championship}} {{MedalBronze|2002 Argentina|}} {{MedalCompetition|FIVB World League}} {{MedalSilver|2006 Moscow|}} {{MedalCompetition|CEV European Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2003 Germany|}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Turkey|}} {{MedalSport| Head coach {{vb|POL}} }} {{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Championship}} {{MedalGold|2014 Poland|}} {{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Cup}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Japan|}} {{MedalSport| Head coach {{vb|CAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|FIVB World League}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Curitiba|}} }} [[File:At Katowice 2024 278.jpg|thumb|right|Hand prints and signature at the Avenue of Volleyball Stars, Katowice]] '''Stéphane Antiga''' (born 3 February 1976) is a 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 serves as head coach for the Polish PlusLiga team, LUK Lublin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/siatkowka/plusliga/absolutnie-hitowy-transfer-do-klubu-wilfredo-leona-oficjalnie/f4tq47s |title=Absolutnie hitowy transfer do klubu Wilfredo Leona! Oficjalnie |work=Przegląd Sportowy |language=pl |date=7 July 2025 |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life== Antiga was born in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He has a wife Stephanie.<ref>[http://sport.wp.pl/gid,17242447,kat,1041241,title,Stephane-Antiga-na-gali-z-zona-Oto-pierwsza-dama-meskiej-siatkowki,galeria.html ''Stephane Antiga na gali z żoną. Oto pierwsza dama męskiej siatkówki''] – sport.wp.pl – 08-02-2015</ref> They have two children – a son Timothy and a daughter Manoline.

[[File:Stephane Antiga.jpg|thumb|As PGE Skra Bełchatów player, 2009–10 PlusLiga season.]] [[File:Stéphane Antiga 2014 (2).jpg|thumb|Antiga as Poland's head coach during the 2014 World Championship.]]

==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== {{main|Matches of Polish men's volleyball national team conducted by Stéphane Antiga}} 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.<ref>[http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=43690& ''Stéphane Antiga appointed new Poland men’s coach''] – fivb.org – 28-10-2013</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=49498&Language=en#.VCAG_qIu6ho ''Poland win second World Championship title at home''] – fivb.org – 21-09-2014</ref><ref>[http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=49500&Language=en#.VCAHAaIu6ho ''Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil''] – fivb.org – 21-09-2014</ref><ref>[http://www.plusliga.pl/news/id/9914 ''FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem''] – plusliga.pl – 21-09-2014</ref> On 27 October 2014 he received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski – Knight'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.<ref>[http://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/ordery-i-odznaczenia/art,1382,dziekuje-za-chwile-wzruszenia-i-dumy.html ''"Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy"''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027165935/http://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/ordery-i-odznaczenia/art%2C1382%2Cdziekuje-za-chwile-wzruszenia-i-dumy.html |date=2014-10-27 }} – prezydent.pl – 27-10-2014</ref> On 10 December 2014 Antiga and Blain were honored by the Ambassador of France in Poland medals Officers Ordre du Mérite sportif.<ref>[http://www.ambafrance-pl.org/Les-entraineurs-francais-de-l ''Entraîneurs français mis à l’honneur''] – ambafrance-pl.org – 10-12-2014</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.plusliga.pl/news/id/10539 ''Mistrzowie świata Drużyną Roku''] – plusliga.pl – 10-01-2015</ref> Head coach Antiga was awarded a title of the ''Coach of the year 2014'' ex-aequo with Łukasz Kruczek.<ref>[http://sport.tvp.pl/18386097/plebiscyt-ps-i-tvp-antiga-i-kruczek-trenerami-roku ''Plebiscyt "PS" i TVP: Antiga i Kruczek Trenerami Roku''] – sport.tvp.pl – 10-01-2015</ref> In 2017 Antiga was named a new head coach of Canada men's national volleyball team<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/stephane-antiga-canada-volleyball-coach-1.3897001 ''Antiga named coach of Canadian men's volleyball team - CBC Sports'']</ref> In 2017 he also was named a new head coach of Polish club ONICO Warszawa.

==Honours== ===As a player=== * '''CEV Champions League''' ** 16px 2000–01 – with Paris Volley * '''FIVB Club World Championship''' ** 16px Doha 2009 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** 16px Doha 2010 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów * '''CEV Cup''' ** 16px 1999–2000 – with Paris Volley ** 16px 2005–06 – with Portol Palma de Mallorca * '''CEV Challenge Cup''' ** 16px 2004–05 – with Portol Palma de Mallorca * '''Domestic''' ** '''1995–96''' 16px French Championship, with Paris UC ** '''1996–97''' 16px French Cup, with Paris UC ** '''1996–97''' 16px French Championship, with Paris UC ** '''1997–98''' 16px French Championship, with Paris UC ** '''1998–99''' 16px French Cup, with Paris Volley ** '''1999–2000''' 16px French Cup, with Paris Volley ** '''1999–2000''' 16px French Championship, with Paris Volley ** '''2000–01''' 16px French Cup, with Paris Volley ** '''2000–01''' 16px French Championship, with Paris Volley ** '''2001–02''' 16px French Championship, with Paris Volley ** '''2002–03''' 16px French Championship, with Paris Volley ** '''2004–05''' 16px Spanish SuperCup, with Portol Palma de Mallorca ** '''2004–05''' 16px Spanish Cup, with Portol Palma de Mallorca ** '''2005–06''' 16px Spanish Cup, with Portol Palma de Mallorca ** '''2005–06''' 16px Spanish Championship, with Portol Palma de Mallorca ** '''2006–07''' 16px Spanish Championship, with Portol Palma de Mallorca ** '''2007–08''' 16px Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** '''2008–09''' 16px Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** '''2008–09''' 16px Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** '''2009–10''' 16px Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** '''2010–11''' 16px Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** '''2010–11''' 16px Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** '''2013–14''' 16px Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów

===As a coach=== * '''Domestic''' ** '''2018–19''' 16px Polish Championship, with Onico Warsaw ** '''2021–22''' 16px Polish SuperCup, with Developres Rzeszów ** '''2021–22''' 16px Polish Cup, with Developres Rzeszów ** '''2022–23''' 16px Polish SuperCup, with Developres Rzeszów ** '''2024–25''' 16px Polish Championship, with Developres Rzeszów ** '''2025–26''' 16px Polish SuperCup, with Bogdanka LUK Lublin ** '''2025–26''' 16px Polish Cup, with Bogdanka LUK Lublin

===Individual awards=== * '''2009:''' CEV European Championship – Best receiver

===State awards=== * '''2014:''' 60px|Ribbon Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland<ref>[http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WMP20150000014 ''Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń''] – isap.sejm.gov.pl – 23-10-2014</ref> * '''2014:''' 60px|Ribbon Médaille d’or de la jeunesse, des sports et de l’engagement associatif

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons}} * {{CEV coach|1676|Coach profile}} * {{CEV player|1676|Player profile}} * [https://www.legavolley.it/player/ANT-STE-76 Player profile] at ''LegaVolley.it'' {{in lang|it}} * [https://volleybox.net/stephane-antiga-p522 Coach/Player profile] at ''Volleybox.net'' * {{Olympics.com profile|stephane-antiga|Player profile}} * {{Olympedia|109263|Coach/Player profile}}

{{s-start}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{succession box | | before = {{flagicon|RUS}} Pavel Abramov | after = {{flagicon|SRB}} Nikola Kovačević | title = Best Receiver of CEV European Championship | years = 2009 |}}

{{S-sports}} {{succession box | before = {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Anastasi | after = {{flagicon|ITA}} Ferdinando De Giorgi | title = Head coach of Poland | years = 2014–2016 }} {{s-end}}

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