Earvin N'Gapeth

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Earvin Ngapeth
Earvin N'Gapeth, 2022-05-22.jpg
N'Gapeth in Paykan Tehran VC during 2022 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1991-02-12) 12 February 1991 (age 33)
Saint-Raphaël, France
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
Spike358 cm (141 in)
Block327 cm (129 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current club Flag of Turkey.svg Halkbank
Number9
Career
YearsTeams
2008–2011
2011–2013
2013
2014–2018
2018–2021
2021–2023
2022
2023–2024
2024		 Flag of France.svg Tours VB
Flag of Italy.svg Piemonte Volley
Flag of Russia.svg Kuzbass Kemerovo
Flag of Italy.svg Modena Volley
Flag of Russia.svg Zenit Kazan
Flag of Italy.svg Modena Volley
Flag of Iran.svg Paykan Tehran
Flag of Turkey.svg Halkbank
Flag of Indonesia.svg Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi
National team
2010–Flag of France.svg  France
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
FIVB World League
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Rio de Janeiro
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Curitiba
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Kraków
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Bologna Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Łódź Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Lille Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Rimini Team
CEV European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Italy/Bulgaria

Earvin Ngapeth (born 12 February 1991) is a French professional volleyball player, member of the France national volleyball team and Italian club Modena Volley, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League (2015 and 2017), French Champion (2010), Italian Champion (2016), and Olympic Champion (2020 and 2024).

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Personal life

His Cameroonian-born father, Éric, is a former volleyball player who represented France in the 1980s. His father named him after Earvin "Magic" Johnson. Growing up, he played youth football alongside current Paris Saint-Germain defender Layvin Kurzawa when the pair lived in Fréjus. [1]

N'Gapeth is a model and brand ambassador for Adidas. [2]

In December 2014, N'Gapeth was sentenced to three months suspended imprisonment by the Criminal Court of Montpellier for a fight in a nightclub in the city a few months earlier. In July 2015, he was arrested and heard in an open hearing by the police following the assault of a TGV train ticket inspector in the Paris-Montparnasse train station. [3] In December 2019, he was arrested in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, accused of sexual harassment for slapping a woman's behind without her permission. [4]

Career

Club

In season 2008–09, N'Gapeth debuted into professional volleyball, hired by Tours VB, where he stayed for three seasons and winner Pro A League. In season 2011–12, he was hired in the Italian team of Cuneo Piemonte in Series A1 League, where he remained for two seasons. With the team, he reached the final of the CEV Europe League. N'gapeth in the next year moved to Kuzbass Kemerovo, a club playing in Super League; however, during the season he abandoned the team and returned to Italy, wearing the shirt of Modena in the Serie A1. With Modena, he won the 2014-15 Italian Cup and the 2015-16 Italian Championship, Italian Cup, and Italian Supercup. In the season 2015-16 he won his second Italian Supercup. [5] [6] After four years in Modena, N'Gapeth joined Zenit Kazan with a two-year contract. [7] [8]

National team

On October 7, 2010, N'Gapeth was expelled from the national team on disciplinary grounds during the World Championship held in Italy. [9] He came back to the national team at the European Championship 2011. In 2014, he played at the World Championship 2014 held in Poland. France lost the match for the bronze medal with Germany and took 4th place. [10] He was one of the key players in the 2015 World League championship campaign. On October 18, 2015, the French national team, including N'Gapeth, won the title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with Slovenia in the finale). [11] [12] In 2017, he was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the FIVB World League and was a gold medalist with France. [13]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

N'Gapeth with the Asian Championship Medal with Paykan Tehran VC in Tehran,Iran Earvin N'Gapeth, 2022-05-22.jpg
N'Gapeth with the Asian Championship Medal with Paykan Tehran VC in Tehran,Iran

National team

Youth national team

Individual awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Ngapeth still enamoured with first love". fifa.com. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Adidas Unveils French Int'l Volleyballer Earvin Ngapeth As Brand Ambassador". sportsbusinessdaily.com. Sport Business Daily. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Volley: Ngapeth entendu par la police après l'agression d'un contrôleur de train". yahoo.fr. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ngapeth é preso em BH por importunação sexual após o Mundial de Clubes de vôlei". globo.com. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Modena, the pirate of the road is the champion of volleyball Earvin N'Gapeth". tuttosport.com. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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  9. ↑ "Volley : Earvin Ngapeth exclu du groupe France pour raison disciplinaire". lemonde.fr. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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Awards
Preceded by Most Valuable Player
Olympic Games
Tokyo 2020 		Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
Olympic Games
Tokyo 2020
ex aequo Russian Olympic Committee flag.png Egor Kliuka 		Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by Most Valuable Player
FIVB Nations League
Bologna 2022 		Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
FIVB Nations League
Bologna 2022
(with Flag of France.svg Trévor Clévenot)		Succeeded by
TBD
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