Dika Mem
Dika Mem | |||
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![]() Mem withFC Barcelonain 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
Born |
[1] Paris,France[1] | 31 August 1997||
Nationality | French | ||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Playing position | Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | FC Barcelona | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2015–2016 | Tremblay-en-France | ||
2016–2025 | FC Barcelona | ||
2025– | Veszprém KC | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | France | 107 | (345) |
Dika Mem(born 31 August 1997) is a French professionalhandballplayer forFC Barcelonaand theFrench national handball team.[1]
Mem was a late starter, learning how to play at the age of 13. He began his career with French club Eaubonne, where he played until he was 15 years old. The following two seasons he was at Pôle Espoirs before one season at Saint Gratien. 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. In his first season in the LNH, Mem scored 93 goals in 25 games. Prior to that, he had already tasted top competition, becoming a European champion with the U18 French National Team. Mem signed with FC Barcelona for six seasons, beginning in 2016–17.[2] There, he has won theLiga ASOBAL,Copa ASOBALandCopa del Rey de Balonmanotreble for seven consecutive seasons.
He was on the France squad at the2017 World Men's Handball Championship,that won a gold medal.[3]He won an additional gold medal with the French national team at the2020 Olympics.
Personal life
[edit]His brothers are basketball players. He was born to aCameroonianfather and aRéunionesemother.[4]
Honours
[edit]Individual awards
[edit]- All-Star Right Back ofEHF Champions League:2021,[5]2022[6]
References
[edit]- ^abc"EHF profile".Archived fromthe originalon 20 July 2018.Retrieved6 February2018.
- ^"Dika Mem".www.fcbarcelona.com.
- ^"25th Men's World Championship 2017"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 23 December 2017.Retrieved24 January2017.
- ^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.
- ^"Barça All-star Team favourites; Landin and Hansen top votes".eurohandball.com. 11 June 2021.
- ^"EHF Champions League Men 2021/22 All-star Team awarded".European Handball Federation.17 June 2022.
External links
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Dika Memat theEuropean Handball Federation
- Dika Memat theLigue Nationale de Handball(in French)
- Dika MematOlympedia
- Dika Memat Team France(in French)
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Handball players from Paris
- French male handball players
- French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
- French people of Réunion descent
- FC Barcelona Handbol players
- 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
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- French expatriate handball players in Spain
- Black French sportspeople
- French handball biography stubs