Melvyn Richardson (born 31 January 1997) is a French professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the French national team.[1][2]
He is the son of retired French handball player Jackson Richardson.[3]
Career
In 2021 he joined Spanish top team FC Barcelona.[4] Here he won the 2022 and 2024 Champion Leagues and the Liga ASOBAL, Copa ASOBAL and Copa del Rey every season at the club.
From the 2025-26 season he will join the Polish team Wisła Płock.[5]
National team
Melvyn Richardson debuted for the French national team on June 17th, 2017 against Belgium.[6] His first major international tournament was the 2019 World Championship.[7]
In September 2021 he won Olympic gold medals at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. For this he was made a knight of the French Legion of Honour..[8]
At the 2024 European Championship he won a second gold medal with French team. He played 8 matches and scored 16 goals.[9] At the 2025 World Championship he won a bronze medal, losing to Croatia in the semifinal and beating Portugal in the third place playoff.[10] He played all 9 games, scoring 30 goals.[11]
Achievements
Club
- EHF Champions League:
- Liga ASOBAL:
- Winner: 2022, 2023, 2024
- Copa ASOBAL:
- Winner: 2022, 2023, 2024
- Copa del Rey:
- Winner: 2022, 2023, 2024
- Supercopa Ibérica:
- Winner: 2022, 2023
International
- World Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2019
- Junior World Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2017
- Youth World Championship:
- Gold Medalist: 2015
- Youth European Championship:
- Gold Medalist: 2014
Individual
- MVP EHF Champions League Final four: 2023–24
- All-Star Right Back of the Youth European Championship: 2014
- MVP of the Youth World Championship: 2015
- Best young player of the LNH Division 1: 2017
References
- ^ "Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Melvyn Richardson
- ^ "European Handball Federation – Melvyn Richardson making a name for himself / Article". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Montpellier wechselt doppelt im Rückraum - Richardson geht zum FC Barcelona" (in German). handball-world.news. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Wisla Plock verpflichtet Champions-League-MVP" (in German). handball-world.news. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Melvyn Richardson vers Montpellier, Dolenec vers Barcelone" (in French). handzone.net. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "26th Men's World Championship 2019 - France]," (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Décret du 8 septembre 2021 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur" (in French). legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "EHF Euro 2024: Cumulative Statistics France". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "IHF World Championship 2025: Cumulative Statistics France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
External links
- Melvyn Richardson at the International Handball Federation
- Melvyn Richardson at the European Handball Federation
- Melvyn Richardson at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)
- Melvyn Richardson at Team France (in French)
- Melvyn Richardson at Olympedia
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