Earvin N'Gapeth

Earvin N'Gapeth (born 12 February 1991) is a French volleyball player, member of the France national volleyball team and Russian club Zenit Kazan, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League (2015 and 2017), French Champion (2010), Italian Champion (2016).

Earvin N'Gapeth
Personal information
Nationality French
Born (1991-02-12) 12 February 1991
Saint-Raphaël, France
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Spike358 cm (141 in)
Block327 cm (129 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current club Zenit Kazan
Number9
Career
YearsTeams
2008–2011
2011–2013
2013
2014–2018
2018–		 Tours VB
Piemonte Volley
Kuzbass Kemerovo
Modena Volley
Zenit Kazan
National team
2010– France
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  France
FIVB World League
2015 Rio de Janeiro
2017 Curitiba
2016 Kraków
FIVB Nations League
2018 Lille
CEV European Championship
2015 Italy/Bulgaria

Personal life

His father Éric, who hails from Cameroon, is a former volleyball player that represented France in the 1980s.

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 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.[1][2] Ngapeth after four years in Modena, joined Zenit Kazan with a two-year contract.[3][4]

National team

On October 7, 2010 he was expelled from the national team on disciplinary grounds during World Championship held in Italy.[5] He came back to national team at European Championship 2011. In 2014 played at World Championship 2014 held in Poland. France lost the match for the bronze medal with Germany and took 4th place.[6] 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 Slovenia in the finale).[7][8] Ngapeth for the second time in a year 2017, selected Most Valuable Player of FIVB World League and winner gold medalist with France.[9]

Controversies

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 open hearing by the police following the assault of a TGV train ticket inspector in the Paris-Montparnasse train station.[10] In December 2019, he was arrested in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, accused of sexual harassment for slapping a woman's behind without her permission.[11]

Advertising

Ngapeth is a model and brand ambassador for Adidas.[12]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

Youth national team

Individual awards

References
  1. "Modena, the pirate of the road is the champion of volleyball Earvin N'Gapeth". tuttosport.com. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. "N'Gapeth sparks tie-break win for Modena in Italian Super League". fivb.com. FIVB. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. Earvin Ngapeth : «Je vais à Kazan» / L'Équipe
  4. Zenit Kazan Announces That Earvin Ngapeth Has Signed 2-Year Contract
  5. "Volley : Earvin Ngapeth exclu du groupe France pour raison disciplinaire". lemonde.fr. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. "Germany take home the bronze medal". fivb.org. FIVB. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  7. "France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver". cev.lu. CEV. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  8. "L'incroyable balle de match d'Earvin Ngapeth qui offre l'Euro volley aux Bleus". lequipe.fr. L'Équipe. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  9. "France crowned for the second time in FIVB Volleyball World League". fivb.com. FIVB. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  10. "Volley: Ngapeth entendu par la police après l'agression d'un contrôleur de train". yahoo.fr. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  11. "Ngapeth é preso em BH por importunação sexual após o Mundial de Clubes de vôlei". globo.com. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  12. "Adidas Unveils French Int'l Volleyballer Earvin Ngapeth As Brand Ambassador". sportsbusinessdaily.com. Sport Business Daily. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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