Melvyn Richardson

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Melvyn Richardson
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Richardson in 2018
Personal information
Born (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 28)
Marseille, France
Nationality French
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club FC Barcelona
Number 66
Youth career
YearsTeam
2005–2015
 Chambéry SMBH
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2015–2017
 Chambéry SMBH
2017–2021
 Montpellier Handball
2021–2025
 FC Barcelona
2025–
 Wisła Płock
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–
 France 106 (260)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Poland/Sweden
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Germany/Denmark
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Germany
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 8 February 2025

Melvyn Richardson (born 31 January 1997) is a French professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the French national team. [1] [2]

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Personal life

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

International

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". European Handball Federation . Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Melvyn Richardson
  3. ↑ "European Handball Federation – Melvyn Richardson making a name for himself / Article". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Montpellier wechselt doppelt im Rückraum - Richardson geht zum FC Barcelona" (in German). handball-world.news. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Wisla Plock verpflichtet Champions-League-MVP" (in German). handball-world.news. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Melvyn Richardson vers Montpellier, Dolenec vers Barcelone" (in French). handzone.net. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "26th Men's World Championship 2019 - France]," (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "EHF Euro 2024: Cumulative Statistics France". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  10. ↑ Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "IHF World Championship 2025: Cumulative Statistics France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 3 February 2025.


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