Benjamin Afgour

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Benjamin Afgour
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Afgour in 2018
Personal information
Born (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33)
Rethel, France
Nationality French
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral
Number 23
Youth career
YearsTeam
2008-2009
 Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2009-2017
 Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral
2017-2020
 Montpellier Handball
2020-
 Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024-
 France 12 (17)
Medal record
European Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Croatia
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 21 August 2022

Benjamin Afgour (born 1 April 1991) is a French handball player for Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral and the French national team. [1] He has played almost his entire career for Dunkerque, except for three years between 2017 and 2020 for Montpellier Handball

With Dunkerue he won he won the French Cup twice in 2011 and 2013, and in 2014 he won the French Championship. With Montpellier he won the EHF Champions League in 2018.

He debuted for the French national team on January 4th 2014 in a 29:23 win against Qatar. [2] He was part of the French team that won bronze medals at the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ EHF profile
  2. ↑ "Handball (Dunkerque): première sélection avec les Bleus pour Benjamin Afgour!" (in French). www.lavoixdunord.fr. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "2018 European Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2018.


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