Guy Olivier 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

Olympiacos 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 football, ...

and the Congolese national team. He has previously played for the French national team, with whom he won the 2017 World Championship.

Career

Nyokas began his career at the second league team ES Montgeron, before joining PSG in 2006. He then joined

BM Alcobendas Balonmano Alcobendas is a handball club based in Alcobendas, Madrid. BM Alcobendas plays in División de Honor Plata. Alcobendas' women's team was 4th in the 2011–12 División de Honor, qualifying for EHF competitions for the first time. Roy ...

in the Spanish

top league Japan Rugby League One (), formerly known as the Top League (), is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of professional rugby competition in the country. The Japan Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, by ...

. In 2009 he returned to France and joined US Créteil HB. In 2014 he joined German

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

team HBW Balingen-Weilstetten. In 2016 he joined

HBC Nantes Handball Club Nantes is a professional handball club team from Nantes, France, that plays in the LNH Division 1. Crest, colours, supporters Naming history Club crest File:Logo HBCNantes 2000.GIF, Logo in the 2000s(-2011) File:NantesLOGO.p ...

. Here he won the French cup in 2017. In 2021 he joined the 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 Alix Kévynn Nyokas. 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 ...

National team

Nyokas debuted for the French national team on November 5th, 2015 against Denmark. He represented France at the

2016 European Men's Handball Championship The 2016 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition and was held for the first time in Poland from 15–31 January 2016. Croatia and Norway were the other applicants in the bidding process. Poland was awarded the champions ...

. At the

2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

he won silver medals. He won the 2017 World Championship with France. 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

1986 births Living people French male handball players French expatriate handball players in Germany Olympiacos H.C. players Handball-Bundesliga players Sportspeople from Montfermeil Black French sportspeople French twins French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Democratic Republic of the Congo twins Democratic Republic of the Congo male handball players French expatriate handball players in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Greece French expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia HBC Nantes players Paris Saint-Germain Handball players Expatriate handball players in North Macedonia French expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Greece 21st-century French sportsmen 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo sportsmen {{France-handball-bio-stub