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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 N'Gapeth in Paykan Tehran VC during 2022 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship | |||||
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| Nationality | French | ||||
| Born | 12 February 1991 Saint-Raphaël, France | ||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 358 cm (141 in) | ||||
| Block | 327 cm (129 in) | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
| Current club |  Halkbank | ||||
| Number | 9 | ||||
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Personal life
editHis 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]
Legal issues
editIn 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
editClub
editIn 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
editOn 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
editClubs
edit - CEV Champions League
2012/2013 – with Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo- 2018/2019 – with Zenit Kazan
- CEV Cup
2022–23 – with Valsa Group Modena
- Asian Club Championship
2022 Iran – with Paykan Tehran VC
2024 Iran – with Jakarta Presisi
- FIVB Club World Championship
Betim 2019 – with Zenit Kazan
- National championships
- 2008/2009 French Cup, with Tours VB
- 2009/2010 French Cup, with Tours VB
- 2009/2010
French Championship, with Tours VB - 2010/2011 French Cup, with Tours VB
- 2014/2015 Italian Cup, with Modena Volley
- 2015/2016 Italian SuperCup, with DHL Modena
- 2015/2016 Italian Cup, with DHL Modena
- 2015/2016 Italian Championship, with DHL Modena
- 2016/2017 Italian SuperCup, with DHL Modena
- 2008/2009
National team
edit- 2020
Olympic Games - 2024 Olympic Games
Youth national team
edit- 2007
CEV U19 European Championship - 2008 CEV U20 European Championship
- 2009 CEV U19 European Championship
Individual awards
edit- 2008: CEV U20 European Championship – Most valuable player
- 2009: CEV U19 European Championship – Best server
- 2009: CEV U19 European Championship – Most valuable player
- 2011: French Championship – Most Valuable Player Archived 2020-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- 2011: French Championship – Best Receiver Archived 2020-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- 2015: Italian Cup – Most valuable player
- 2015: FIVB World League – Best outside spiker
- 2015: FIVB World League – Most valuable player
- 2015: CEV European Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2016: Italian Championship – Best Player
- 2016: European Confederation Gala – Most spectacular player
- 2017: FIVB World League – Best outside spiker
- 2017: FIVB World League – Most valuable player
- 2021: Olympic Games Tokyo – Most valuable player and Best outside spiker
- 2022: Asian Club Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2022: FIVB Nations League – Most valuable player and Best outside spiker
- 2024: Olympic Games Paris – Most valuable player and Best outside spiker
References
edit- ^ "Ngapeth still enamoured with first love". fifa.com. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Adidas Unveils French Int'l Volleyballer Earvin Ngapeth As Brand Ambassador". sportsbusinessdaily.com. Sport Business Daily. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Volley: Ngapeth entendu par la police après l'agression d'un contrôleur de train". yahoo.fr. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Ngapeth é preso em BH por importunação sexual após o Mundial de Clubes de vôlei". globo.com. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "Modena, the pirate of the road is the champion of volleyball Earvin N'Gapeth". tuttosport.com. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "N'Gapeth sparks tie-break win for Modena in Italian Super League". fivb.com. FIVB. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Earvin Ngapeth : "Je vais à Kazan" / L'Équipe". lequipe.fr.
- ^ "Zenit Kazan Announces That Earvin Ngapeth Has Signed 2-Year Contract". volleymob.com.
- ^ "Volley : Earvin Ngapeth exclu du groupe France pour raison disciplinaire". lemonde.fr. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Germany take home the bronze medal". fivb.org. FIVB. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver". cev.lu. CEV. 18 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "L'incroyable balle de match d'Earvin N'Gapeth qui offre l'Euro volley aux Bleus". lequipe.fr. L'Équipe. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "France crowned for the second time in FIVB Volleyball World League". fivb.com. FIVB. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
External links
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- Earvin NGAPETH at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Earvin Ngapeth at LegaVolley.it
- Earvin NGAPETH[permanent dead link] at LNV.fr
- Earvin N'Gapeth at WorldofVolley.com
- Earvin N'Gapeth at Volleybox.net
- Earvin NGAPETH at Olympics.com
- Earvin N'Gapeth at Olympedia
