Melvyn Richardson

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

Personal life He is the son of retired French handball player Jackson Richardson.

Career In 2021 he joined Spanish top team FC Barcelona. 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.

National team Melvyn Richardson debuted for the French national team on June 17th, 2017 against Belgium. His first major international tournament was the 2019 World Championship.

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.

At the 2024 European Championship he won a second gold medal with French team. He played 8 matches and scored 16 goals. At the 2025 World Championship he won a bronze medal, losing to Croatia in the semifinal and beating Portugal in the third place playoff. He played all 9 games, scoring 30 goals.

Achievements Club EHF Champions League: Winner: 2018, 2022, 2024 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 World Championship: Bronze Medalist: 2019 Junior World Championship: Bronze Medalist: 2017 Youth World Championship: Gold Medalist: 2015 Youth European Championship: Gold Medalist: 2014

Individual 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