Benjamin Afgour (born 1 April 1991) is a French

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

Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral is a handball club from Dunkerque, France. Currently, US Dunkerque HB competes in the French First League of Handball since 1991. History The club was founded on 3 September 1958 under the name „Amicale Laï ...

and the French national team. He has played almost his entire career for Dunkerque, except for three years between 2017 and 2020 for

Montpellier Handball Montpellier Handball, formerly named Montpellier Agglomération Handball, is a professional handball club from Montpellier, France. Montpellier is the only French club to ever have won the EHF Champions League. History The team was founded as ...

With Dunkerue he won he won the

French Cup The Coupe de France (), also known in English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is ...

twice in 2011 and 2013, and in 2014 he won the French Championship. With Montpellier he won the

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

in 2018. He debuted for the French national team on January 4th 2014 in a 29:23 win against Qatar. He was part of the French team that won bronze medals at the

2018 European Men's Handball Championship The 2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament, hosted for the second time in Croatia from 12 to 28 January 2018. Croatia was awarded hosting the tournament during the EHF congress in Dublin on 20 S ...

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* 1991 births Living people French male handball players People from Rethel Sportspeople from Ardennes (department) Montpellier Handball players 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-handball-bio-stub