Earvin N'Gapeth

Earvin N'Gapeth
Personal information
Full name Earvin N'Gapeth
Nationality French
Born (1991-02-12) February 12, 1991
Saint-Raphaël, Var, France
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 93 kg (205 lb)
Spike 358 cm (141 in)
Block 327 cm (129 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside Spiker
Current club Italy Azimut Modena
Number 9
Career
YearsTeams
2008–2011
2011–2013
2013–2013
2014–		France Tours VB
Italy Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
Russia Kuzbass Kemerovo
Italy Azimut Modena
National team
2010– France
Honours
Representing  France
Men's volleyball
European Championship
2015 Bulgaria/Italy
World League
2015 Rio de Janeiro
2016 Kraków
Last updated: 17 July 2016

Earvin N'Gapeth (born 12 February 1991) is a French volleyball player, a member of France men's national volleyball team and Italian club Azimut Modena, 2015 European Champion, a gold medalist of the 2015 World League, French Champion (2010), Italian Champion (2016).

Personal life

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

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.[1]

Career

On October 7, 2010 he was expelled from the national team on disciplinary grounds during World Championship held in Italy.[2] He came back to national team at European Championship 2011. In 2014 played at World Championship 2014 held in Poland.[3] France lost the match for the bronze medal with Germany and took 4th place.[4] 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).[5]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

National championships

National team

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Volley: Ngapeth entendu par la police après l'agression d'un contrôleur de train - yahoo.fr - 21-07-2015
  2. ↑ Volley : Earvin Ngapeth exclu du groupe France pour raison disciplinaire - lemonde.fr - 06-10-2010
  3. ↑ France - team profile - fivb.org
  4. ↑ Germany take home the bronze medal - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  5. ↑ France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver - cev.lu - 18-10-2015
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Awards
Preceded by
United States Taylor Sander
Brazil Ricardo Lucarelli		 Best Outside Spiker of
FIVB World League
2015
ex aequo Poland Michał Kubiak 		Succeeded by
Serbia Marko Ivović
France Antonin Rouzier
Preceded by
United States Taylor Sander		 Most Valuable Player of
FIVB World League
2015 		Succeeded by
Serbia Marko Ivović
Preceded by
–		 Best Outside Spiker of
CEV European Championship
2015
ex aequo Slovenia Tine Urnaut 		Succeeded by
TBD
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