Elohim Prandi
| Elohim Prandi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Prandi in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
24 August 1998 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) |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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 he 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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Elohim PRANDI". 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Elohim Prandi, le fils prodigue" (in French). Le Parisien. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Elohim Prandi choisit son destin et signe à Nîmes" (in French). handzone.net. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Elohim Prandi... un avenir majuscule au PSG" (in French). handzone.net. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "EHF Excellence Awards 2024: These are the season's best players". eurohandball.com. EHF. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Fracture de la main gauche pour Elohim Prandi (PSG)". L'Équipe. 3 June 2023..
- ^ "Elohim Prandi dans la cour des grands avec l'équipe de France" (in French). Ouest-France. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "EHF EURO 2020 – une liste de dix-huit". ff-handball.org. 6 January 2020.
- ^ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "EHF rejects Sweden in "Prandi's case"". 27 January 2024.
- ^ Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "IHF World Championship 2025: Cumulative Statistics France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
External links
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- 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)
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