Elohim Prandi

Elohim Prandi
Prandi in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1998-08-24) 24 August 1998 (age 26) Istres, France
Nationality	French
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Paris Saint-Germain
Number	71
Youth career
Years	Team
2006-2012	Torcy HB
2012-2013	C'Chartres MH
2013–2017	US Ivry
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2017–2020	USAM Nîmes Gard
2020–	Paris Saint-Germain
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	France	56	(142)
Medal record World Championship 2023 Poland/Sweden 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway European Championship 2024 Germany
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 3 February 2025

Elohim Prandi (born 24 August 1998) is a French professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain Handball and the French national team. ^{[1] [2]}

Club career

Prandi played from 2013 for the youth team of US Ivry HB. ^[3] In March 2016 he made his debut for the senior team, and during the 2016-17 he played 24 games for the first team.

He then joined USAM Nîmes Gard, ^[4] where he reached the final of the French Cup in 2018, where they lost to PSG 32-26. In the 2019-20 season he was part of the French league all star team as the left back.

In 2020 he joined PSG, ^[5] where he has won the French Championship in every season from 2021 to 2024, as well as the 2021 French Cup. At the EHF Excellence Awards in 2024 he was named the best left back. ^[6]

In July 2023 he broke his left hand during a league match against Handball Club de Nantes. ^[7]

National team

Prandi made his debut for the French national team on 29 October 2019 against Denmark. ^[8]

He represented France at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship ^{[9] [10]}

At the 2023 World Championship he won a silver medal, losing to Denmark in the final.

He won gold medals at the 2024 European Championship. In the semifinal against Sweden, he scored a sensational but controversial last second goal, that the European Handball Federation later admitted, should not have counted. The Swedish national team made a formal complaint after the match, which was however rejected by EHF. ^[11]

At the 2025 World Championship he won bronze medals with France, losing to Croatia in the semifinal and beating Portugal in the third place playoff. ^[12] During the tournament he played 8 games and scored 18 goals. ^[13]

Honours

• EHF Excellence Awards: Left Back of the Season 2023/24 ^[14]

References

1. "Elohim PRANDI". 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
2. "Elohim Prandi, the new nugget of the France team | Time24 News". 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
3. "Elohim Prandi, le fils prodigue" (in French). Le Parisien. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
4. "Elohim Prandi choisit son destin et signe à Nîmes" (in French). handzone.net. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
5. "Elohim Prandi... un avenir majuscule au PSG" (in French). handzone.net. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
6. "EHF Excellence Awards 2024: These are the season's best players". eurohandball.com. EHF . Retrieved 8 September 2024.
7. "Fracture de la main gauche pour Elohim Prandi (PSG)". L'Équipe. 3 June 2023..
8. "Elohim Prandi dans la cour des grands avec l'équipe de France" (in French). Ouest-France. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
9. "EHF EURO 2020 – une liste de dix-huit". ff-handball.org. 6 January 2020.
10. "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
11. "EHF rejects Sweden in "Prandi's case"". 27 January 2024.
12. Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
13. "IHF World Championship 2025: Cumulative Statistics France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 3 February 2025.
14. "EHF Excellence Awards 2024: These are the season's best players". EHF. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

External links

• Elohim Prandi at the International Handball Federation
• Elohim Prandi at the European Handball Federation
• Elohim Prandi at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)
• Elohim Prandi at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)