Alix Kévynn Nyokas (born 28 June 1986) is a French-born Congolese

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player for Al-Ahli SC and the Congolese national team. At international level, he also played for the

France national team France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, with whom he won the 2015 World Championship and the 2014 European Championship. He is the twin brother of fellow handballer

Olivier Nyokas Guy Olivier Nyokas (born 28 June 1986) is a French-born Congolese handball player for Olympiacos and the Congolese national team. He has previously played for the French national team, with whom he won the 2017 World Championship. Career Nyok ...

Career

Nyokas started his career at Paris Saint Germain, and then played for Dijon Bourgogne HB in the 2010-11 season. In 2012 he joined

Chambéry Savoie HB Chambéry (, , ; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Savoie Departments of France, department in the southeastern ...

. In 2014 he joined German side

Frisch Auf Göppingen Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Germany, located in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in Handball-Bundesliga. Nine-time c ...

. In 2016 he joined league rivals

VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach is a professional handball club from the German city of Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. The club has seen great success, especially from the ...

. After the 2016–17 season, Nyokas retired from playing handball. However, on 4 September 2018, he returned to professional handball as a player of Portuguese side

S.L. Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " ...

. In 2021 he joined North Macedonian team

RK Metalurg Skopje RK Metalurg Skopje () is a Macedonian handball club based in Skopje. They compete in the domestic Macedonian Handball First League, and have competed in the EHF Champions League. History The club was founded in 1971 under patronage of the Skop ...

together with his twin brother

. The very same season he joined city rivals

RK Vardar Skopje RK Vardar 1961 () is a professional handball club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Vardar is the most successful handball team in the country, having won 15-fifteen national League titles and 17-seventeen League Cup titles. Vardar is also ...

. Here he won the 2022 North Macedonian Cup and Championship. He then joined Qatari team Al-Najma. In August 2022 he joined Greek champions

Olympiacos CFP Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in Association ...

. In August 2022 he joined Al-Ahli Jeddah in Saudi-Arabia.

National team

Nyokas debuted for the

in June 2011. With them he won the 2015 World Championship and the 2014 European Championship. He then changed to represent

DR Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

from 2022 onwards, and represented them at the 2022 African Championship.

Honors

Macedonian Handball Super League The Macedonian Handball Super League (), is the top-tier team handball competition in North Macedonia. As of 2018, the Macedonian Handball Federation was ranked 8th in the world. Current teams Teams for season 2024–25 Handball League * RK ...

Winner: 2022 *

Macedonian Handball Cup The Handball Cup of North Macedonia (), is an elimination handball tournament held annually. It is the second most important national title in Macedonian handball after the Macedonian First League of Handball. Currently, RK Vardar RK Vardar 1 ...

Winner: 2022

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nyokas, Alix 1986 births Living people Black French sportspeople French male handball players S.L. Benfica handball players French expatriate handball players in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate handball players in Portugal French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Democratic Republic of the Congo male handball players Frisch Auf Göppingen players VfL Gummersbach players French expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia French expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain French expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia French twins Democratic Republic of the Congo twins Sportspeople from Montfermeil Paris Saint-Germain Handball players Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc Handball players 21st-century French sportsmen 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo sportsmen