Career
As the captain of the French handball team, he was the flag carrier during the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Athens on August 13, 2004. Richardson started playing handball when he was 6 years old, and was spotted in 1988, during the final of the Nationale 3 league, by Daniel Costantini, the French team headcoach, who was looking for a player from Réunion to play with the bataillon de Joinville. Richardson then signed a contract with the club Paris-Asnières in 1989, and started to be well known with his first games for the national team
The summit of his club career occurred in Spain, where he played with Portland San Antonio, winning the Champions League against Football Club Barcelona Handbol in 2001 and the Spanish League the following year.
Richardson came back to France in 2005 to play with Chambéry Savoie Handball. He holds by far the record of the most caps for France with more than 400 games.
Richardson was certainly one of the most talented players of his time. His very instinctive style was the combination of constant hard working and genial improvisation, which made him one of the top players in the world for more than 15 years.
Richardson retired after a great Chambéry Savoie Handball vs United States Ivry match.
First cap: January 10, 1990 against Algeria Goals: 775 (5 penalties) Number of caps: 417 Last international game: February 5, 2005 against Croatia Saint-Pierre de la Réunion 1989-1991: Paris-Asnières 1991-1996: Member of the Order of Merit Vitrolles 1996-1900: television Großwallstadt 2000-2005: Portland San Antonio 2005-2008: Chambéry Savoie Handball 2009-2009: Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2 World Championships (1995, 2001).