The France team player will wear the colors of the Berlin club until 2031.
French right-back Dika Mem has signed with Füchse Berlin from the summer of 2027, for a period of four seasons until the summer of 2031, the reigning German champion announced on Friday.
Unhappy finalist of the last Champions League with Barcelona (defeat against Magdeburg), Dika Mem will find Danish right-back Mathias Gidsel in Berlin, considered the best player in the world and under contract with the Füchse until the summer of 2029.
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The Berlin rear base will also count from the summer of 2027 the Dane Simon Pytlick (back left), Olympic champion in 2024 with Gidsel.
“We are over the moon that Dika Mem chose us. We did everything to convince him and, the more we got to know him, the more enthusiastic we became and the more we wanted this transfer”said Füchse general manager Bob Hanning. “It’s about continuing on this path, recruiting top talent and preserving the DNA of the club.”
“In Barcelona I’m doing really well but I wanted to discover something else and to stay at the top of my level, I need to be in the best league”explained Dika Mem, interviewed in the mixed zone on the sidelines of a friendly meeting of the France team against Austria on Friday.
Trained in the Paris region in Eaubonne and Saint-Gratien/Sannois, Dika Mem began his professional career at Tremblay in the summer of 2015, before joining FC Barcelona a season later, where he played for 11 seasons.
With Barça, the 28-year-old left-hander (1.96 m) won the Champions League three times (2021, 2022 and 2024). In the French team, Mem is 2017 world champion, 2021 Olympic champion and 2024 European champion.
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He should be part of Guillaume Gille’s group for the 2026 edition of the Euro which will begin on January 15.
“When my decision was made, I asked that it be done before the Euro, now we will be able to move forward”added the person concerned.