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Earvin Ngapeth

Personal information

Nationality

French

Born

12 February 1991 (age 33)
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)

Volleyball information

Position

Outside hitter

Current club

Halkbank (men's volleyball)

Number

Career

Years	Teams
2008–2011 2011–2013 2013 2014–2018 2018–2021 2021–2023 2022 2023–present	Tours VB Piemonte Volley Kuzbass Kemerovo Modena Volley Zenit Kazan Modena Volley Paykan Tehran VC(loan) Halkbank (men's volleyball)

National team

2010–

FRA

Honours

Men's volleyball

Representing France
Olympic Games
Gold	2020 Tokyo	Team
Gold	2024 Paris	Team
FIVB World League
Gold	2015 Rio de Janeiro
Gold	2017 Curitiba
Bronze	2016 Kraków
FIVB Nations League
Gold	2022 Bologna
Gold	2024 Łódź
Silver	2018 Lille
Bronze	2021 Rimini
CEV European Championship
Gold	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).

Personal life
Career
- Club
- National team
Sporting achievements
See also

Personal life

His father Éric, from Cameroon, 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.

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

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. After four years in Modena, N'Gapeth joined Zenit Kazan with a two-year contract.

National team

On October 7, 2010, N'Gapeth was expelled from the national team on disciplinary grounds during the World Championship held in Italy. 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. 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). In 2017, he was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the FIVB World League and was a gold medalist with France.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

N'Gapeth with the Asian Championship Medal

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 – with Paykan
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