Elohim Prandi (born 24 August 1998) is a French professional

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player for

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and the French national team.

Club career

Prandi played from 2013 for the youth team of US Ivry HB. 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

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, where he reached the final of the

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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, where he has won the French Championship in every season from 2021 to 2024, as well as the 2021 French Cup. At the

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in 2024 he was named the best left back. In July 2023 he broke his left hand during a league match against Handball Club de Nantes.

National team

Prandi made his debut for the French national team on 29 October 2019 against Denmark. He represented France at the

2020 European Men's Handball Championship The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament and the first to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted for the first time in three countries – Austria, Norway and Sweden – from 9 to 26 January ...

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

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later admitted, should not have counted. The Swedish national team made a formal complaint after the match, which was however rejected by EHF. At the 2025 World Championship he won bronze medals with France, losing to Croatia in the semifinal and beating Portugal in the third place playoff. During the tournament he played 8 games and scored 18 goals.

Honours

: Left Back of the Season 2023/24

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prandi, Elohim 1998 births Living people French male handball players People from Istres Sportspeople from Bouches-du-Rhône Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for France Paris Saint-Germain Handball players USAM Nîmes Gard players 21st-century French sportsmen