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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 (
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), French Champion (2010), Italian Champion (2016), and Olympic Champion (2020 and 2024).


Personal life

His
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ian-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
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alongside current
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defender
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when the pair lived in
Fréjus Fréjus (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (department), Var Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It neighbours Saint-Raphaël, Var, Saint-Raphaël ...
. N'Gapeth is a model and brand ambassador for
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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. 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, 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
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; however, during the season he abandoned the team and returned to Italy, wearing the shirt of
Modena Modena (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025. A town, and seat of an archbis ...
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 7 October 2010 N'Gapeth was expelled from the national team on disciplinary grounds during the
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held in
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. He came back to the national team at the European Championship 2011. In 2014, he played at the 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, the French national team, including N'Gapeth, won the title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with
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in the finale). In 2017, he was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the FIVB World League and was a 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 tota ...
** 2012/2013 – with Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo ** 2018/2019 – with Zenit Kazan ** 2020/2021 – with Zenit Kazan *
CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...
** 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 Championship, with Tours VB ** 2009/2010 French Cup, with Tours VB ** 2010/2011 French Cup, with Tours VB ** 2011/2012 Italian Championship, with Modena Volley ** 2011/2012 Italian SuperCup, with Modena Volley ** 2014/2015 Italian Championship, with Parmareggio Modena ** 2014/2015
Italian Cup Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...
, with Parmareggio Modena ** 2015/2016 Italian Championship, with DHL Modena ** 2015/2016
Italian Cup Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...
, with DHL Modena ** 2015/2016 Italian SuperCup, with DHL Modena ** 2016/2017 Italian SuperCup, with DHL Modena ** 2017/2018 Italian Championship, with DHL Modena ** 2018/2019 Russian Super League, with Zenit Kazan ** 2018/2019 Russian Cup, with Zenit Kazan ** 2018/2019 Russian SuperCup, with Zenit Kazan ** 2019/2020 Russian Super League, with Zenit Kazan ** 2019/2020 Russian Cup, with Zenit Kazan ** 2020/2021 Russian SuperCup, with Zenit Kazan ** 2021/2022 Iranian Super League, with Paykan Tehran ** 2023/2024 Turkish Volleyball League, with
Halkbank Halkbank () is a Turkish bank, first incorporated in 1933 as a Public bank, state-owned bank. After growing throughout much of the twentieth century, it began absorbing smaller-sized state banks around the turn of the millennium. Halkbank is now ...
** 2023/2024
Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...
, with
Halkbank Halkbank () is a Turkish bank, first incorporated in 1933 as a Public bank, state-owned bank. After growing throughout much of the twentieth century, it began absorbing smaller-sized state banks around the turn of the millennium. Halkbank is now ...
** 2023/2024
Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ...
, with
Halkbank Halkbank () is a Turkish bank, first incorporated in 1933 as a Public bank, state-owned bank. After growing throughout much of the twentieth century, it began absorbing smaller-sized state banks around the turn of the millennium. Halkbank is now ...
** 2023/2024 Indonesian Proliga, with Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi ** 2024/2025
Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...
, with Fenerbahçe


National team

* 2020  
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...
* 2024  
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...
* 2015 Volleyball World League * 2016 Volleyball World League * 2017 Volleyball World League * 2018 Volleyball Nations League * 2021 Volleyball Nations League * 2022 Volleyball Nations League * 2024 Volleyball Nations League * 2015 European Championship


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 – 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 * 2025
Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...
- Most valuable player


References


External links

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