Benjamin Afgour

{{short description|French handball player (born 1991)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Benjamin Afgour

| image = Benjamin Afgour 2 20180301.jpg

| caption = Afgour in 2018

| nationality = French

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|4|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rethel, France

| height = 1.95 m

| position = Pivot

| currentclub = Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral

| clubnumber = 23

| youthyears1 = 2008-2009

| youthclubs1 = Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral

| years1 = 2009-2017

| clubs1 = Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral

| years2 = 2017-2020

| clubs2 = Montpellier Handball

| years3 = 2020-

| clubs3 = Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral

| nationalyears1 = 2024-

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 17

| ntupdate = 21 August 2022

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Croatia|}}

}}

Benjamin Afgour (born 1 April 1991) is a French handball player for Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral and the French national team.[http://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/ELFTgaeiz-G43R7e3BpInQ/benjamin-afgour/ EHF profile] He has played almost his entire career for Dunkerque, except for three years between 2017 and 2020 for Montpellier Handball

With Dunkerue he won he won the French Cup twice in 2011 and 2013, and in 2014 he won the French Championship. With Montpellier he won the EHF Champions League in 2018.

He debuted for the French national team on January 4th 2014 in a 29:23 win against Qatar.{{cite web |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/art/sports/handball-dunkerque-premiere-selection-avec-les-bleus-ia215b216n1825586 |title=Handball (Dunkerque): première sélection avec les Bleus pour Benjamin Afgour! |publisher=www.lavoixdunord.fr |language=fr |accessdate=2022-08-21}}

He was part of the French team that won bronze medals at the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship.{{Cite web |url=http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_ROSTER_FRA.PDF |title=2018 European Championship roster |access-date=2018-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117122300/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_ROSTER_FRA.PDF |archive-date=2019-01-17 |url-status=dead }}