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{{Short description|French volleyball player (born 1991)}}
{{Distinguish|Earving}}
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{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name = Earvin N'Gapeth
| name = Earvin Ngapeth
| image = Earvin N'Gapeth3.JPG
| image = Earvin Ngapeth (Legavolley 2017).jpg
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| image_size =280
| caption =
| caption =N'Gapeth in 2018
| full_name =
| nickname =
| nationality = French
| nationality = French
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|2|12|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|2|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Saint-Raphaël, Var|Saint-Raphaël]], [[Var (department)|Var]], [[France]]
| birth_place = [[Saint-Raphaël, Var|Saint-Raphaël]], France
| hometown =
| height = 1.94 m
| height = 1.94 m
| weight = 93 kg
| weight = 94 kg
| spike = 358 cm
| spike = 358 cm
| block = 327 cm
| block = 327 cm
| position = Outside hitter
| college =
| position = Outside hitter
| currentclub = [[Zenit Kazan]]
| currentclub = {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (men's volleyball)|Fenerbahçe]]
| currentnumber = 9
| currentnumber = 9
| years = 2008–2011<br>2011–2013<br>2013–2013<br>2014–
| years = 2008–2011<br>2011–2013<br>2013<br>2014–2018<br>2018–2021<br>2021–2023<br>2022<br>2023–2024<br>2024<br>2024<br>2025–
| teams = [[Tours VB]]<br>[[Piemonte Volley|Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo]]<br>[[VC Kuzbass Kemerovo|Kuzbass Kemerovo]]<br/>[[Modena Volley|Azimut Modena]]
| teams = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Tours VB]]<br> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Piemonte Volley|Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo]]<br> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[VC Kuzbass Kemerovo|Kuzbass Kemerovo]]<br> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Modena Volley]]<br> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[VC Zenit-Kazan|Zenit Kazan]]<br> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Modena Volley]] <br> {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Paykan Tehran VC|Paykan Tehran]] <br> {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Halkbank (men's volleyball)|Halkbank]] <br> {{flagicon|INA}} [[Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi]] <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stade Poitevin Poitiers]] <br> {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (men's volleyball)|Fenerbahçe]]
| nationalyears = 2010–
| nationalyears = 2010–
| nationalteam = [[France men's national volleyball team|France]]
| nationalteam = {{vb|FRA}}
| medaltemplates =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[volleyball]]}}
{{MedalSport| Men's [[volleyball]] }}
{{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}}
{{MedalCountry| {{FRA}} }}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship|2015 Bulgaria/Italy]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB World League|World League]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 FIVB Volleyball World League|2015 Rio de Janeiro]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 FIVB Volleyball World League|2015 Rio de Janeiro]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World League|2017 Curitiba]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World League|2017 Curitiba]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2016 FIVB Volleyball World League|2016 Kraków]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2016 FIVB Volleyball World League|2016 Kraków]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League|Nations League]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League|FIVB Nations League]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League|2018 Lille]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League|2022 Bologna]]|[[2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League|2024 Łódź]]|[[2024 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League squads|Team]]}}
| updated = 9 July 2018
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League|2018 Lille]]|[[2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League|2021 Rimini]]|[[2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's European Volleyball Championship|CEV European Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship|2015 Italy/Bulgaria]]|}}
}}
}}
'''Earvin N'Gapeth''' (born 12 February 1991) is a French [[volleyball]] player, a member of [[France men's national volleyball team|France national volleyball team]] and [[Italy|Italian]] club [[Modena Volley|Azimut Modena]]. He was [[2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship|2015 European Champion]], a gold medalist of the [[FIVB World League|World League]] ([[2015 FIVB Volleyball World League|2015]], [[2017 FIVB Volleyball World League|2017]]), French Champion (2010), and Italian Champion (2016).
'''Earvin Ngapeth''' (born 12 February 1991) is a French [[Volleyball|professional volleyball]] player, member of the [[France men's national volleyball team|France national volleyball team]] and [[Turkey|Turkish]] club [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (men's volleyball)|Fenerbahçe]], [[2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship|2015 European Champion]], gold medallist of the [[FIVB World League|World League]] ([[2015 FIVB Volleyball World League|2015]] and [[2017 FIVB Volleyball World League|2017]]), French Champion (2010), Italian Champion (2016), and Olympic Champion (2020 and 2024).

==Personal life==
His [[Cameroon]]ian-born father, [[Eric N'Gapeth|Éric]], is a former volleyball player who represented France in the 1980s. His father named him after [[Magic Johnson|Earvin "Magic" Johnson]]. Growing up, he played youth [[association football|football]] alongside current [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] defender [[Layvin Kurzawa]] when the pair lived in [[Fréjus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/news/volleyball-icon-ngapeth-still-enamoured-with-first-love|title=Ngapeth still enamoured with first love|website=fifa.com|date=22 December 2021|accessdate=22 December 2021}}</ref>

N'Gapeth is a model and brand ambassador for [[Adidas]].<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Global/Issues/2016/10/27/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Earvin-Ngapeth-Adidas.aspx | title =Adidas Unveils French Int'l Volleyballer Earvin Ngapeth As Brand Ambassador | date =27 October 2016 | website =sportsbusinessdaily.com | publisher =Sport Business Daily | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref>

===Legal issues===
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.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://fr.news.yahoo.com/volley-joueur-l%C3%A9quipe-france-garde-%C3%A0-vue-131112473.html | title =Volley: Ngapeth entendu par la police après l'agression d'un contrôleur de train | date =21 July 2015 | website =yahoo.fr | publisher = | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref> In December 2019, he was arrested in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, accused of sexual harassment for slapping a woman's behind without her permission.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://globoesporte.globo.com/volei/noticia/ngapeth-e-preso-em-bh-por-importunacao-sexual-apos-o-mundial-de-clubes-de-volei.ghtml | title =Ngapeth é preso em BH por importunação sexual após o Mundial de Clubes de vôlei | date =9 December 2019 | website =globo.com | publisher = | author= | access-date = 9 December 2019}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
===Club===
===Club===
In season 2008-09 he debuted into professional volleyball, hired by [[Tours VB]], where he stayed for three seasons and winner [[Pro A (volleyball)|Pro A League]]. In season 2011-12 he was hired in the Italian team of [[Piemonte Volley|Cuneo Piemonte]] in Serie 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 [[VC Kuzbass Kemerovo|Kuzbass Kemerovo]], a club playing in [[Russian Volleyball Super League|Super League]]; however, during the season he abandoned the team and returned to Italy, wearing the shirt of [[Modena Volley|Modena]] in the [[Italian Volleyball League|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.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.tuttosport.com/news/pallavolo/2015/11/11-5787198/modena_il_pirata_della_strada_il_campione_di_volleyearvin_ngapeth/?cookieAccept | title =Modena, the pirate of the road is the champion of volleyball Earvin N'Gapeth | date =11 November 2015 | website =tuttosport.com | publisher = | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/ngapeth-sparks-tie-break-win-for-modena-in?id=60634 | title =N'Gapeth sparks tie-break win for Modena in Italian Super League | date =5 May 2016 | website =fivb.com | publisher =FIVB | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref>
In season 2008–09, N'Gapeth debuted into professional volleyball, hired by [[Tours VB]], where he stayed for three seasons and winner [[Pro A (volleyball)|Pro A League]]. In season 2011–12, he was hired in the Italian team of [[Piemonte Volley|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 [[VC Kuzbass Kemerovo|Kuzbass Kemerovo]], a club playing in [[Russian Volleyball Super League|Super League]]; however, during the season he abandoned the team and returned to Italy, wearing the shirt of [[Modena Volley|Modena]] in the [[Italian Volleyball League|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.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.tuttosport.com/news/pallavolo/2015/11/11-5787198/modena_il_pirata_della_strada_il_campione_di_volleyearvin_ngapeth/?cookieAccept | title =Modena, the pirate of the road is the champion of volleyball Earvin N'Gapeth | date =11 November 2015 | website =tuttosport.com | publisher = | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/ngapeth-sparks-tie-break-win-for-modena-in?id=60634 | title =N'Gapeth sparks tie-break win for Modena in Italian Super League | date =5 May 2016 | website =fivb.com | publisher =FIVB | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref>
After four years in Modena, N'Gapeth joined [[VC Zenit-Kazan|Zenit Kazan]] with a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Volley-ball/Article/Earvin-ngapeth-je-vais-a-kazan/888272 |title=Earvin Ngapeth : "Je vais à Kazan" / L'Équipe |website=lequipe.fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://volleymob.com/zenit-kazan-announces-that-earvin-ngapeth-has-signed-2-year-contract/ |title=Zenit Kazan Announces That Earvin Ngapeth Has Signed 2-Year Contract |website=volleymob.com}}</ref>


===National team===
===National team===
On October 7, 2010 he was expelled from the national team on disciplinary grounds during [[2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|World Championship]] held in [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2010/10/06/volley-earvin-ngapeth-exclu-du-groupe-france-pour-raison-disciplinaire_1421339_3242.html | title =Volley : Earvin Ngapeth exclu du groupe France pour raison disciplinaire | date =6 October 2010 | website =lemonde.fr | publisher = | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref> He came back to national team at [[2011 Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship 2011]]. In 2014 played at [[2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|World Championship 2014]] held in [[Poland]]. France lost the match for the bronze medal with [[Germany men's national volleyball team|Germany]] and took 4th place.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://poland2014.fivb.org/en/news/germany-take-home-the-bronze-medal?id=49493 | title =Germany take home the bronze medal | date =21 September 2014 | website =fivb.org | publisher =FIVB | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref> He was one of the key players in the 2015 World League championship campaign. On October 18, 2015 [[France men's national volleyball team|French national team]], including N'Gapeth, achieved title of the [[2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Champion 2015]] (3–0 with [[Slovenia men's national volleyball team|Slovenia]] in the finale).<ref>{{cite web|url =http://cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=21550&ID=5 | title =France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver | date =18 October 2015 | website =cev.lu | publisher =CEV | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.lequipe.fr/Volley-ball/Actualites/Ligue-mondiale-l-incroyable-defense-de-earvin-ngapeth-video/816742 | title =L’incroyable balle de match d’Earvin Ngapeth qui offre l’Euro volley aux Bleus | date =8 July 2017 | website =lequipe.fr | publisher =L'Équipe | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref> Ngapeth for the second time in a year 2017, selected Most Valuable Player of [[FIVB World League]] and winner gold medalist with [[France]].<ref>{{cite web|url =http://worldleague.2017.fivb.com/en/news/france-crowned-for-the-second-time-in?id=70300 | title =France crowned for the second time in FIVB Volleyball World League | date =9 July 2017 | website =fivb.com | publisher =FIVB | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref>
On October 7, 2010, N'Gapeth was expelled from the national team on disciplinary grounds during the [[2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|World Championship]] held in [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2010/10/06/volley-earvin-ngapeth-exclu-du-groupe-france-pour-raison-disciplinaire_1421339_3242.html | title =Volley : Earvin Ngapeth exclu du groupe France pour raison disciplinaire | date =6 October 2010 | website =lemonde.fr | publisher = | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref> He came back to the national team at the [[2011 Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship 2011]]. In 2014, he played at the [[2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|World Championship 2014]] held in [[Poland]]. France lost the match for the bronze medal with [[Germany men's national volleyball team|Germany]] and took 4th place.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://poland2014.fivb.org/en/news/germany-take-home-the-bronze-medal?id=49493 | title =Germany take home the bronze medal | date =21 September 2014 | website =fivb.org | publisher =FIVB | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref> He was one of the key players in the 2015 World League championship campaign. On October 18, 2015, the [[France men's national volleyball team|French national team]], including N'Gapeth, won the title of the [[2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Champion 2015]] (3–0 with [[Slovenia men's national volleyball team|Slovenia]] in the finale).<ref>{{cite web | url =http://cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=21550&ID=5 | title =France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver | date =18 October 2015 | website =cev.lu | publisher =CEV | author = | access-date =2 March 2018 | archive-date =22 October 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151022165113/http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=21550&ID=5 | url-status =dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.lequipe.fr/Volley-ball/Actualites/Ligue-mondiale-l-incroyable-defense-de-earvin-ngapeth-video/816742 | title =L'incroyable balle de match d'Earvin N'Gapeth qui offre l'Euro volley aux Bleus | date =8 July 2017 | website =lequipe.fr | publisher =L'Équipe | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref> In 2017, he was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the [[FIVB World League]] and was a gold medalist with [[France]].<ref>{{cite web|url =http://worldleague.2017.fivb.com/en/news/france-crowned-for-the-second-time-in?id=70300 | title =France crowned for the second time in FIVB Volleyball World League | date =9 July 2017 | website =fivb.com | publisher =FIVB | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
His father [[Eric N'Gapeth|Éric]], who hails from [[Cameroon]], is a former volleyball player that represented France in the 1980s.
His brother Swan.
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 controller Paris-Montparnasse train station.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://fr.news.yahoo.com/volley-joueur-l%C3%A9quipe-france-garde-%C3%A0-vue-131112473.html | title =Volley: Ngapeth entendu par la police après l'agression d'un contrôleur de train | date =21 July 2015 | website =yahoo.fr | publisher = | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref>

===Outside of volleyball===
Ngapeth is a model and brand ambassador for [[Adidas]].<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Global/Issues/2016/10/27/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Earvin-Ngapeth-Adidas.aspx | title =Adidas Unveils French Int'l Volleyballer Earvin Ngapeth As Brand Ambassador | date =27 October 2016 | website =sportsbusinessdaily.com | publisher =Sport Business Daily | author= | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref>


==Sporting achievements==
==Sporting achievements==
===Clubs===
===Clubs===
[[File:Earvin N'Gapeth, 2022-05-22.jpg|thumb|N'Gapeth with the Asian Championship Medal with [[Paykan Tehran VC]] in [[Tehran]],[[Iran]]]]
====CEV Champions League====
* [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2012–13 CEV Champions League|2012/2013]] - with [[Piemonte Volley|Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo]]
* '''[[CEV Champions League]]'''
** [[File:Silver medal europe.svg|16px]] [[2012–13 CEV Champions League|2012/2013]] with [[Piemonte Volley|Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo]]
** [[File:Silver medal europe.svg|16px]] [[2018–19 CEV Champions League|2018/2019]] – with [[VC Zenit-Kazan|Zenit Kazan]]
** [[File:Bronze medal europe.svg|16px]] [[2020–21 CEV Champions League|2020/2021]] – with [[VC Zenit-Kazan|Zenit Kazan]]
* '''[[CEV Cup]]'''
** [[File:Gold medal europe.svg|16px]] [[2022–23 CEV Cup|2022–23]] – with [[Modena Volley|Valsa Group Modena]]
* '''[[Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship|Asian Club Championship]]'''
** [[File:Gold medal asia.svg|16px]] '''[[2022 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship|2022 Iran]]''' – with [[Paykan Tehran VC]]
** [[File:Bronze medal asia.svg|16px]] [[2024 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship|'''2024 Iran''']] – with [[Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi|Jakarta Presisi]]
* '''[[FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship|FIVB Club World Championship]]'''
** [[File:Bronze medal world centered-2.svg|16px]] [[2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship|Betim 2019]] – with [[Zenit Kazan]]
* '''National championships'''
** '''2008/2009''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] French Cup, with [[Tours VB]]
** '''2009/2010''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[LNV Ligue A Masculine|French Championship]], with [[Tours VB]]
** '''2009/2010''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] French Cup, with [[Tours VB]]
** '''2010/2011''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] French Cup, with [[Tours VB]]
** '''2011/2012''' [[File:Bronze medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2011–12 Men's Volleyball Serie A1|Italian Championship]], with [[Modena Volley]]
** '''2011/2012''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Italian Volleyball Super Cup|Italian SuperCup]], with [[Modena Volley]]
** '''2014/2015''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2014–15 Men's Volleyball Serie A1|Italian Championship]], with [[Modena Volley|Parmareggio Modena]]
** '''2014/2015''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[Italian Volleyball Cup|Italian Cup]], with [[Modena Volley|Parmareggio Modena]]
** '''2015/2016''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2015–16 Men's Volleyball Serie A1|Italian Championship]], with [[Modena Volley|DHL Modena]]
** '''2015/2016''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[Italian Volleyball Cup|Italian Cup]], with [[Modena Volley|DHL Modena]]
** '''2015/2016''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[Italian Volleyball Super Cup|Italian SuperCup]], with [[Modena Volley|DHL Modena]]
** '''2016/2017''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[Italian Volleyball Super Cup|Italian SuperCup]], with [[Modena Volley|DHL Modena]]
** '''2017/2018''' [[File:Bronze medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2017–18 Men's Volleyball Serie A1|Italian Championship]], with [[Modena Volley|DHL Modena]]
** '''2018/2019''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Russian Volleyball Super League|Russian Super League]], with [[VC Zenit-Kazan|Zenit Kazan]]
** '''2018/2019''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[Russian Volleyball Cup|Russian Cup]], with [[VC Zenit-Kazan|Zenit Kazan]]
** '''2018/2019''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[Russian Men's Volleyball Super Cup|Russian SuperCup]], with [[VC Zenit-Kazan|Zenit Kazan]]
** '''2019/2020''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Russian Volleyball Super League|Russian Super League]], with [[VC Zenit-Kazan|Zenit Kazan]]
** '''2019/2020''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[Russian Volleyball Cup|Russian Cup]], with [[VC Zenit-Kazan|Zenit Kazan]]
** '''2020/2021''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[Russian Men's Volleyball Super Cup|Russian SuperCup]], with [[VC Zenit-Kazan|Zenit Kazan]]
** '''2021/2022''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Iranian Volleyball Super League|Iranian Super League]], with [[Paykan Tehran VC|Paykan Tehran]]
** '''2023/2024''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Turkish Men's Volleyball League|Turkish Volleyball League]], with [[Halkbank (men's volleyball)|Halkbank]]
** '''2023/2024''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[Turkish Men's Volleyball Cup|Turkish Cup]], with [[Halkbank (men's volleyball)|Halkbank]]
** '''2023/2024''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Turkish Men's Volleyball Super Cup|Turkish Super Cup]], with [[Halkbank (men's volleyball)|Halkbank]]
** '''2023/2024''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Proliga (Indonesia)|Indonesian Proliga]], with [[Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi]]


====National championships====
=== National team ===
* '''2008/2009''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] French Cup, with [[Tours VB]]
* '''2020''' [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|16px]] [[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Olympic Games]]
* '''2009/2010''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] French Cup, with [[Tours VB]]
* '''2024''' [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|16px]] [[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Olympic Games]]
* '''2009/2010''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] French Championship, with [[Tours VB]]
* '''2015''' [[File:Gold medal world.svg|16px]] [[2015 FIVB Volleyball World League|Volleyball World League]]
* '''2010/2011''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] French Cup, with [[Tours VB]]
* '''2016''' [[File:Bronze medal world.svg|16px]] [[2017 FIVB Volleyball World League|Volleyball World League]]
* '''2010/2011''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] French Championship, with [[Tours VB]]
* '''2017''' [[File:Gold medal world.svg|16px]] [[2017 FIVB Volleyball World League|Volleyball World League]]
* '''2014/2015''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Italian Cup, with [[Modena Volley]]
* '''2018''' [[File:Silver medal world.svg|16px]] [[2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League|Volleyball Nations League]]
* '''2014/2015''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2014–15 Men's Volleyball Serie A1|Italian Championship]], with [[Modena Volley|Parmareggio Modena]]
* '''2021''' [[File:Bronze medal world.svg|16px]] [[2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League|Volleyball Nations League]]
* '''2015/2016''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Italian SuperCup, with [[Modena Volley|DHL Modena]]
* '''2022''' [[File:Gold medal world.svg|16px]] [[2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League|Volleyball Nations League]]
* '''2015/2016''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Italian Cup, with [[Modena Volley|DHL Modena]]
* '''2024''' [[File:Gold medal world.svg|16px]] [[2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League|Volleyball Nations League]]
* '''2015/2016''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2015–16 Men's Volleyball Serie A1|Italian Championship]], with [[Modena Volley|DHL Modena]]
* '''2015''' [[File:Gold medal europe.svg|16px]] [[2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship]]
* '''2016/2017''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Italian SuperCup, with [[Modena Volley|DHL Modena]]


===National team===
===Youth national team===
* '''2007''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship|CEV U19 European Championship]]
* '''2007''' [[File:Gold medal europe.svg|16px]] [[2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship|CEV U19 European Championship]]
* '''2007''' [[File:Bronze medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2007 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship|FIVB U19 World Championship]]
* '''2008''' [[File:Gold medal europe.svg|16px]] CEV U20 European Championship
* '''2008''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship|CEV U21 European Championship]]
* '''2009''' [[File:Gold medal europe.svg|16px]] CEV U19 European Championship
* '''2009''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship|CEV U19 European Championship]]
* '''2015''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2015 FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]]
* '''2015''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship|CEV European Championship]]
* '''2016''' [[File:Bronze medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2016 FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]]
* '''2017''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2016 FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]]


===Individual===
===Individual awards===
* '''2008''' [[Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship|CEV Junior European Championship]] – Most Valuable Player
* '''2008:''' CEV U20 European Championship – Most valuable player
* '''2009''' [[Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship|CEV U19 European Championship]] – Best Server
* '''2009:''' CEV U19 European Championship – Best server
* '''2009''' [[Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship|CEV U19 European Championship]] – Most Valuable Player
* '''2009:''' CEV U19 European Championship – Most valuable player
* '''2011:''' French Championship – [http://www.lnv.fr/18/evenements/soiree-des-recompenses.html Most Valuable Player] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524152722/http://www.lnv.fr/18/evenements/soiree-des-recompenses.html |date=2020-05-24 }}
* '''2011''' [[Pro A (volleyball)|Best Player in Pro A]]
* '''2011:''' French Championship – [http://www.lnv.fr/18/evenements/soiree-des-recompenses.html Best Receiver] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524152722/http://www.lnv.fr/18/evenements/soiree-des-recompenses.html |date=2020-05-24 }}
* '''2011''' [[Pro A (volleyball)|Pro A]] – Best Spiker
* '''2015''' Coppa Italia – Most Valuable Player
* '''2015:''' Italian Cup – Most valuable player
* '''2015''' [[2015 FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]] – Best Outside Spiker
* '''2015:''' [[2015 FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]] – Best outside spiker
* '''2015''' [[2015 FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]] – Most Valuable Player
* '''2015:''' [[2015 FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]] – Most valuable player
* '''2015''' [[2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship|CEV European Championship]] – Best Outside Spiker
* '''2015:''' [[2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship|CEV European Championship]] – Best outside spiker
* '''2016''' [[Italian Volleyball League|Best Player in Serie A1]]
* '''2016:''' Italian Championship – Best Player
* '''2016''' [[European Volleyball Confederation|European Confederation]] – Most Spectacular Player
* '''2016:''' [[European Volleyball Confederation|European Confederation Gala]] – Most spectacular player
* '''2017''' [[2017 FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]] – Best Outside Spiker
* '''2017:''' [[2017 FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]] – Best outside spiker
* '''2017''' [[2017 FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]] – Most Valuable Player
* '''2017:''' [[2017 FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]] – Most valuable player
* '''2021:''' [[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Olympic Games Tokyo]] – Most valuable player and Best outside spiker
* '''2022:''' [[2022 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship|Asian Club Championship]] – Best outside spiker
* '''2022:''' [[2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League#Awards|FIVB Nations League]] – Most valuable player and Best outside spiker
* '''2024:''' [[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Olympic Games Paris]] – Most valuable player and Best outside spiker


==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://worldleague.2015.fivb.com/en/intercontinental-group2/competition/teams/fra-france/players/earvin-ngapeth?id=43148 FIVB profile]
* {{CEV player|1642|Earvin NGAPETH}}
*[http://www.legavolley.it/DettaglioAtleta.asp?IdAtleta=NGA-EAR-91 LegaVolley profile]
* [https://www.legavolley.it/player/NGA-EAR-91 Earvin Ngapeth] at ''LegaVolley.it''
* [http://www.lnv.fr/joueurs/1177/earvin-ngapeth.html Earvin NGAPETH]{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at ''LNV.fr''
* [https://worldofvolley.com/wov-community/players/7604/earvin-ngapeth.html Earvin N'Gapeth] at ''WorldofVolley.com''
* [https://volleybox.net/earvin-ngapeth-p480 Earvin N'Gapeth] at ''Volleybox.net''
* {{Olympics.com profile|earvin-ngapeth|Earvin NGAPETH}}
* {{Olympedia|133927|Earvin N'Gapeth}}


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| before = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Sérgio Santos (volleyball)|Sérgio Santos]]
| after = TBD
| title = Most Valuable Player <br>[[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| years = [[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Tokyo 2020]]<br> [[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Paris 2024]]
|}}
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| before = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ricardo Lucarelli Souza]]<br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Aaron Russell]]
| after = TBD
| title = Best Outside Spiker of <br>[[Volleyball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| years = [[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Tokyo 2020]] <small>(with {{flagicon|Russia|roc-olympics}} [[Egor Kliuka]])</small> <br> [[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Paris 2024]] <small> (with {{flagicon|France}} [[Trévor Clévenot]])</small>
|}}
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| before = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Wallace de Souza]]<br> {{flagicon|POL}} [[Bartosz Kurek]]
| after = {{flagicon|POL}} [[Paweł Zatorski]]
| title = Most Valuable Player <br>[[FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League|FIVB Nations League]]
| years = [[FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League|Bologna 2022]]
|}}
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| before = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Yoandy Leal]]<br> {{flagicon|POL}} [[Michał Kubiak]]
| after = {{flagicon|POL}} [[Aleksander Śliwka]]<br> {{flagicon|JAP}} [[Yūki Ishikawa]]
| title = Best Outside Spiker of <br>[[FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League|FIVB Nations League]]
| years = [[FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League|Bologna 2022]] <br><small> (with {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Trévor Clévenot]])</small>
|}}
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| before = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Taylor Sander]]
| after = {{flagicon|SER}} [[Marko Ivović]]
| title = Most Valuable Player <br>[[FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]]
| years = [[2015 FIVB Volleyball World League|Rio de Janeiro 2015]]
|}}
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| before = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Taylor Sander]] <br> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ricardo Lucarelli]]
| after = {{flagicon|SER}} [[Marko Ivović]] <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Antonin Rouzier]]
| title = Best Outside Spiker of <br>[[FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]]
| years = [[2015 FIVB Volleyball World League|Rio de Janeiro 2015]]<br><small> (with {{flagicon|POL}} [[Michał Kubiak]])</small>
|}}
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| before = {{flagicon|SER}} [[Marko Ivović]]
| after = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maxim Mikhaylov]]
| title = Most Valuable Player <br>[[FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]]
| years = [[2017 FIVB Volleyball World League|Curitiba 2017]]
|}}
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| before = {{flagicon|SER}} [[Marko Ivović]] <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Antonin Rouzier]]
| after = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Taylor Sander]] <br> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dmitry Volkov (volleyball)|Dmitry Volkov]]
| title = Best Outside Spiker of <br>[[FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]]
| years = [[2017 FIVB Volleyball World League|Curitiba 2017]]<small> (with {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ricardo Lucarelli]])</small>
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Latest revision as of 16:28, 7 January 2025

Earvin Ngapeth
N'Gapeth in 2018
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 clubTurkey Fenerbahçe
Number9
Career
YearsTeams
2008–2011
2011–2013
2013
2014–2018
2018–2021
2021–2023
2022
2023–2024
2024
2024
2025–
France Tours VB
Italy Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
Russia Kuzbass Kemerovo
Italy Modena Volley
Russia Zenit Kazan
Italy Modena Volley
Iran Paykan Tehran
Turkey Halkbank
Indonesia Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi
France Stade Poitevin Poitiers
Turkey Fenerbahçe
National team
2010– France
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
FIVB World League
Gold medal – first place 2015 Rio de Janeiro
Gold medal – first place 2017 Curitiba
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kraków
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bologna Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Łódź Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Lille Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Rimini Team
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 Italy/Bulgaria

Earvin Ngapeth (born 12 February 1991) is a French professional volleyball player, member of the France national volleyball team and Turkish club Fenerbahçe, 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

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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]

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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

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Club

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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

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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

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Clubs

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N'Gapeth with the Asian Championship Medal with Paykan Tehran VC in Tehran,Iran

National team

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Youth national team

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Individual awards

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References

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  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.
  6. ^ "N'Gapeth sparks tie-break win for Modena in Italian Super League". fivb.com. FIVB. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Earvin Ngapeth : "Je vais à Kazan" / L'Équipe". lequipe.fr.
  8. ^ "Zenit Kazan Announces That Earvin Ngapeth Has Signed 2-Year Contract". volleymob.com.
  9. ^ "Volley : Earvin Ngapeth exclu du groupe France pour raison disciplinaire". lemonde.fr. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Germany take home the bronze medal". fivb.org. FIVB. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "France crowned for the second time in FIVB Volleyball World League". fivb.com. FIVB. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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Awards
Preceded by Most Valuable Player
Olympic Games

Tokyo 2020
Paris 2024
Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
Olympic Games

Tokyo 2020 (with Russia Egor Kliuka)
Paris 2024 (with France Trévor Clévenot)
Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by Most Valuable Player
FIVB Nations League

Bologna 2022
Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
FIVB Nations League

Bologna 2022
(with France Trévor Clévenot)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Most Valuable Player
FIVB World League

Rio de Janeiro 2015
Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
FIVB World League

Rio de Janeiro 2015
(with Poland Michał Kubiak)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Most Valuable Player
FIVB World League

Curitiba 2017
Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
FIVB World League

Curitiba 2017 (with Brazil Ricardo Lucarelli)
Succeeded by