Melvyn Richardson
| Melvyn Richardson | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
31 January 1997 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 | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2005–2015 | Chambéry SMBH | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2015–2017 | Chambéry SMBH | ||
2017–2021 | Montpellier Handball | ||
2021–2025 | FC Barcelona | ||
2025– | Wisła Płock | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | France | 78 | (186) |
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]
Achievements
[edit]Club
[edit]- 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
[edit]- World Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2019
- Junior World Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2017
- Youth World Championship:
- Gold Medalist: 2015
- Youth European Championship:
- Gold Medalist: 2014
Individual
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melvyn Richardson.
- 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 Olympedia
- Melvyn Richardson at Team France (in French)
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Marseille
- French male handball players
- Montpellier Handball players
- FC Barcelona Handbol players
- French expatriate handball players in Spain
- Liga ASOBAL players
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Olympic handball players for France
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Black French sportspeople
- Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc Handball players
- French people of Réunion descent
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