Dika Mem

Last updated

Dika Mem
Dika Mem Championship 2018.jpg
Mem with FC Barcelona in 2018
Personal information
Born (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 27) [1]
Paris, France [1]
Nationality French
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club FC Barcelona
Number 10
Youth career
YearsTeam
2011-2013
 CSM Eaubonne
2011-2013
 Saint-Gratien/Sannois
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2015–2016
 Tremblay-en-France
2016–
 FC Barcelona
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–
 France 130 (467)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 France
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Poland/Sweden
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Germany/Denmark
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Germany
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Croatia
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 17 January 2025

Dika Mem (born 31 August 1997) is a French professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the French national handball team. [1] He is widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation.

Contents

Career

Mem was a late starter, learning how to play at the age of 13. He began his career with French club CSM Eaubonne, where he played until he was 15 years old. [2] [3] The following two seasons he was at Pôle Espoirs before one season at Saint Gratien, where he made his senior debut in the French third tier at the age of 16. [3] [4]

A week before his 17th birthday he won U-18 European Championship, and a year he won the U17 World Championship. [5]

He made the jump to the handball elite at the age of 17 and in the 2015–16 season he made his debut with Tremblay. [6] [7] In his first season in the LNH, Mem scored 93 goals in 25 games. [8]

In 2016 Mem signed with Spanish champions FC Barcelona on a six year deal. [9] This makes him the youngest first team player, FC Barcelona has ever signed. There, he has won the Liga ASOBAL, Copa ASOBAL and Copa del Rey de Balonmano treble for seven consecutive seasons. In his second season he was named as best young player in the world by Handball Planet. [10] Already in 2018 he extended his contract to 2024. [11] [12]

In 2019 won the IHF Super Globe, beating German club THW Kiel 34:32 in the final.

In May 2022 he extended his contract until 2027. A month later he won the 2021–22 EHF Champions League beating Polish Vive Kielce on penalties. Mem was in the Champions League all star team for the tournament.

From the 2023/24 season he became the team captain of Barcelona. The same season he was named best right back in the world at the 2024 EHF Excellence Awards. [13]

National team

Dika Mem Jersey National Team.jpg

At the age of 19 he was on the France squad at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship, that won a gold medal. [14] He won an additional gold medal with the French national team at the 2020 Olympics. In 2024 he completed the set when he won a gold medal at the 2024 Germany

Personal life

Two of his brothers are basketball players in the Ligue Nationale de Basket. He was born to a Cameroonian father and a Réunionese mother. [15]

Honours

Club


Individual awards

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">José Javier Hombrados</span> Spanish handball player (born 1972)

José Javier Hombrados is a Spanish former handball player for Spain national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FC Barcelona Handbol</span> Handball section of the FC Barcelona sports club

Futbol Club Barcelona Handbol is a professional Spanish handball team based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is a part of the FC Barcelona multi sports club, and was founded on 29 November 1942. The club competes domestically in the Liga ASOBAL and in the European Champions League. It is the most successful handball club in Spain and Europe with a record number of domestic and international titles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Talant Dujshebaev</span> Handball player and coach (born 1968)

Talant Mushanbetovich Dujshebaev is a former handball player, and current coach, who serves as the head coach for Vive Kielce. Dujshebaev is considered by many to be one of the greatest handball coaches of his generation. He successively played for 4 national teams in his playing career: First for the Soviet Union, then the Unified Team, then Russia and finally Spain. His most usual demarcation as a player was centre backcourt. After initially having success with BM Ciudad Real as a coach, he has been coaching Kielce for nearly a decade now.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Juanín García</span> Spanish handball player (born 1977)

Juan Antonio "Juanín" García Lorenzana better known as Juanín García is a Spanish former handball player. He retired in 2019 after playing for CB Ademar León. He is the all time top scorer in the Spanish Liga ASOBAL with 2684 goals. He also has the second most matches in the league (628) behind José Javier Hombrados, and the most for any outfield player. With 822 goals he is also the all time top scorer on the Spanish national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rubén Garabaya</span> Spanish handball player (born 1978)

Rubén Garabaya is a Spanish former handball player and current handball coach. He was on the Spanish team that won the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship in Tunisia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kiril Lazarov</span> Macedonian handball player

Kiril "Kire" Lazarov is a Macedonian former professional handball player and current coach of the North Macedonia national handball team and RK Alkaloid, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aron Pálmarsson</span> Icelandic handball player (born 1990)

Aron Pálmarsson is an Icelandic handball player for ONE Veszprém and the Icelandic national handball team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cristian Ugalde</span> Spanish handball player (born 1987)

Cristian Ugalde García is a Spanish professional handball player for Tatabánya KC and the Spain national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viran Morros</span> Spanish handball player (born 1983)

Viran Morros de Argila is a retired Spanish handball player. He is regarded as one of the best defensive players of his time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lasse Andersson</span> Danish handball player (born 1994)

Lasse Bredekjær Andersson is a Danish handball player for Füchse Berlin and the Danish national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas</span> Spanish handball player (born 1991)

Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas Moreno is a Spanish professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thiagus dos Santos</span> Brazilian handball player (born 1989)

Thiagus Petrus Gonçalves dos Santos is a Brazilian professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the Brazilian national team, of which he is the captain. He is known as a defensive specialist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ali Zein</span> Egyptian handball player

Ali Zein Mohamed al-Hawwari is an Egyptian handball player for Romanian side Dinamo București player and the Egyptian national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Møller</span> Danish handball player (born 1989)

Kevin Kam Møller is a Danish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and for the Danish national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hampus Wanne</span> Swedish handball player (born 1993)

Hampus Wanne is a Swedish professional handballer for FC Barcelona and the Swedish national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Melvyn Richardson</span> French handball player (born 1997)

Melvyn Richardson is a French professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the French national team.

Luís Diogo Sousa Frade is a Portuguese handball player for FC Barcelona and the Portuguese national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jonathan Carlsbogård</span> Swedish handball player (born 1995)

Jonathan Carlsbogård is a Swedish professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the Sweden national team.

Imanol Garciandia Alustiza is a Spanish handball player who plays for Pick Szeged and the Spanish national team.

Javier Rodríguez Moreno is a Spanish handball player who plays for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "EHF profile". Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "A la découverte de... Dika Mem". lnh.fr (in French). Ligue Nationale de Handball . Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Mondial 2017: Qui est Dika Mem, l'invité de dernière minute des Bleus?" (in French). L’Équipe . Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Dika Mem est la future star du handball français" (in French). Vice.com . Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Russia 2015: France Champions". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 20 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Dika Mem: «Pas de risque que je prenne la grosse tête!»" (in French). Le Parisien. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "L'espoir préfère Tremblay au PSG" (in French). Le Parisien. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Dika Mem, le jeune espoir français file à Barcelone" (in French). sport365.fr. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Dika Mem". www.fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona.
  10. 1 2 "Dika Mem is the World's Young Handball Player 2017/2018". handball-planet.com. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "Barcelona verlängert mit französischem Nationalspieler Mem" [Barcelona extends with French National team player Mem] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "El Barça ata a Dika Mem hasta el final de la temporada 2023-24" (in Spanish). Diario AS. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  13. 1 2 "EHF Excellence Awards 2024: These are the season's best players". European Handball Federation . 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  14. ↑ "25th Men's World Championship 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  15. ↑ Patrelle, Jérémy (23 July 2021). "Dika Mem : "Quand je viens en équipe de France de handball, je viens pour gagner la compétition, pas pour faire de la figuration"". GQ France.
  16. ↑ "Barça All-star Team favourites; Landin and Hansen top votes". eurohandball.com. 11 June 2021.
  17. ↑ "EHF Champions League Men 2021/22 All-star Team awarded". European Handball Federation . 17 June 2022.
  18. ↑ "Raul Entrerrios zum achten Mal im All-Star-Team der Liga Asobal" [Raul Estrerrios is for the eighth time in the Liga ASOBAL all star team] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  19. ↑ "Presentamos el Equipo Ideal de la Liga Sacyr ASOBAL 2021/2022". www.asobal.es (in Spanish). Liga ASOBAL . Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  20. ↑ "Die Liga Asobal ehrt seine besten: Zahlreiche Neuzugänge in der "siete ideal"" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 31 January 2022.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.