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Earvin N'Gapeth (born 12 February 1991) is a French
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player, member of the France national volleyball team and
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club
Paykan Tehran VC Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club ( fa, باشگاه والیبال پیکان تـهران, ''Bâshgâh-e Vâlibâl-e Peykân-e Tehrân'') is an Iranian professional volleyball team based in Tehran, Iran. The team is owned by Iran Khodro, an Iranian ...
, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League ( 2015 and
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), French Champion (2010), Italian Champion (2016) and Olympic Champion (2020).


Personal life

His father
Éric Éric eʁikis a French masculine given name, the equivalent of English Eric. In French-speaking Canada and Belgium it is also sometimes unaccented, and pronounced "Eric" as English with the stress on the "i". A notable French exception is Erik Sat ...
, from
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, is a former volleyball player who represented France in the 1980s. His father named him after
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. He is often regarded as the greatest point guard of all-time and has been compared with Stephen Curry. Johnson played 13 seasons in the ...
. Growing up, he played youth football alongside current
Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...
defender Layvin Kurzawa when the pair lived in Fréjus. Ngapeth is a model and brand ambassador for Adidas.


Legal issues

In December 2014, he 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. In December 2019, he was arrested in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, accused of sexual harassment for slapping a woman's behind without her permission.


Career


Club

In season 2008-09 he 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. Ngapeth after four years in Modena joined Zenit Kazan with a two-year contract.


National team

On October 7, 2010 he was expelled from the national team on disciplinary grounds during
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held in
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. He came back to national team at European Championship 2011. In 2014 played at World Championship 2014 held in
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. France lost the match for the bronze medal with
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and took 4th place. He was one of the key players in the 2015 World League championship campaign. On October 18, 2015 French national team, including N'Gapeth, achieved title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with
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in the finale). Ngapeth for the second time in a year 2017, selected Most Valuable Player of
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and winner gold medalist with
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.


Sporting achievements


Clubs

*
CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tot ...
** 2012/2013 – with Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo ** 2018/2019 – with Zenit Kazan *
Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competitio ...
**
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– with
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* 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 Modena Volley is a professional volleyball team based in Modena, Italy. It has played in the highest level of the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 1968. It is the most successful Italian club, having won the national league tw ...
** 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


National team

* 2020  
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Youth national team

* 2007 CEV U19 European Championship * 2008 CEV U20 European Championship * 2009 CEV U19 European Championship


Individual awards

* 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
* 2011: French Championship

* 2015: Italian Cup – Most Valuable Player * 2015:
FIVB World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wom ...
– Best Outside Spiker * 2015:
FIVB World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wom ...
– 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 The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wom ...
– Best Outside Spiker * 2017:
FIVB World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wom ...
– Most Valuable Player * 2021: Olympic Games Tokyo – Most Valuable Player and Best Outside Spiker * 2022:
Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competitio ...
– Best Outside Spiker * 2022: FIVB Nations League – Most Valuable Player and Best Outside Spiker


References


External links

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at ''Volleybox.net'' * * {{DEFAULTSORT:N'Gapeth, Earvin 1991 births Living people French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent People from Saint-Raphaël, Var French men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of France Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate volleyball players in Russia Modena Volley players VC Zenit Kazan players Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic medalists in volleyball Outside hitters Tours Volley-Ball players Sportspeople from Var (department)