Dika Mem | |
Nationality: | French |
Birth Date: | 31 August 1997 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Height: | 1.94 m |
Position: | Right back |
Currentclub: | FC Barcelona |
Clubnumber: | 10 |
Years1: | 2015–2016 |
Clubs1: | Tremblay-en-France |
Years2: | 2016–2025 |
Clubs2: | FC Barcelona |
Years3: | 2025– |
Clubs3: | Veszprém KC |
Nationalyears1: | 2016– |
Nationalteam1: | France |
Nationalcaps1: | 107 |
Nationalgoals1: | 345 |
Dika Mem (born 31 August 1997) is a French professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the French national handball team.[1]
Mem was a late starter, learning how to play at the age of 13. He began his career with French club Eaubonne, where he played until he was 15 years old. The following two seasons he was at Pôle Espoirs before one season at Saint Gratien. He made the jump to the handball elite at the age of 17 and in the 2015–16 season he made his debut with Tremblay. In his first season in the LNH, Mem scored 93 goals in 25 games. Prior to that, he had already tasted top competition, becoming a European champion with the U18 French National Team. Mem signed with FC Barcelona for six seasons, beginning in 2016–17.[2] There, he has won the Liga ASOBAL, Copa ASOBAL and Copa del Rey de Balonmano treble for seven consecutive seasons.
He was on the France squad at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship, that won a gold medal.[3] He won an additional gold medal with the French national team at the 2020 Olympics.
His brothers are basketball players. He was born to a Cameroonian father and a Réunionese mother.[4]