Antonin Manavian

Antonin Manavian (born on April 26, 1987 in Paris) is a professional French ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with the Rødovre Mighty Bulls of the Metal Ligaen.

Club career
Manavian began his senior career in the 2004-05 season. In this season, he played 1 game with the Rouen of the Ligue Magnus and 11 games with the Le Havre of the FFHG Division 2 while he also played 7 regular season games and 5 play-off games with the Rouen under-18 team.

In 2005, Manavian moved to North America to play with the Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the QMJHL. After 18 games played, Manavian moved to the Gatineau Olympiques of the QMJHL where he finished the 2005-06 season with 14 games played.

In 2006 - 2010, Manavian played with the Grenoble organisation. In the 2006-07 season, he played 9 games with the Grenoble under-22 team and 17 regular season games plus 12 play-off games with the Grenoble of the Ligue Magnus. In this season, he became the French champion and the Ligue Magnus Cup champion. In the next season, he played 6 regular season games and 2 play-off games with the Grenoble under-22 team and 24 regular season games and 5 play-off games with the Grenoble of the Ligue Magnus and became the French Cup champion. In the next two seasons, Manavian played only with the Grenoble of the Ligue Magnus. In the 2008-09 season became Manavian the French champion, the French Cup champion and the Ligue Magnus Cup champion and in the 2009-10 season made it Manavian into the French All-Star Team.

Manavian began the 2010-11 season with the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL but after just 7 games played, he returned to France and finished the season with the Angers of the Ligue Magnus. He played there 14 regular season games and 6 play-off games.

In the 2011-12 season returned Manavian to the Rouen of the Ligue Magnus. In this season, he became the French champion and also the Continental Cup champion.

In the following season played Manavian with the HC Innsbruck of the EBEL. He became the EBEL's most penalized player (160) of the season.

Manavian then began the 2013-14 season with the Angers of the Ligue Magnus but after 6 games played, he moved again to the Rouen of the Ligue Magnus. He finished there this season with 12 regular season games and 9 play-off games played. In this season, he also became the Ligue Magnus Cup champion with the Rouen.

Manavian continued with the Rouen of the Ligue Magnus in the next season. In this season, he became the French Cup champion.

He also began the 2015-16 season with the Rouen of the Ligue Magnus but after 9 games played, he moved to the Fehérvár AV19 of the EBEL. He finished there the season with 24 games played.

Manavian then decided to continue with the Fehérvár AV19 of the EBEL in the following season.

Manavian returned to France for the beginning of the 2017-18 season but he played only 3 games with the Angers of the Ligue Magnus before moving back to the Fehérvár AV19 of the EBEL. He finished there this season with 44 games played.

He began the next season with the Medveščak Zagreb of the EBEL but after 21 games played, he returned to France and finished the season with the Grenoble of the Ligue Magnus. He played there 19 regular season games and 13 play-off games in this season and became the French champion.

Manavian then continued with the Grenoble of the Ligue Magnus in the 2019-20 season.

In 2020, Manavian signed a one-year contract with the Rødovre Mighty Bulls of the Metal Ligaen.

International career
Manavian played with the French National Team at the 2004 and 2005 World U18 Championships Division I, 2006 and 2007 World Junior Championships Division I and at the 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 World Championship s.